Billionaires whose wealth increased the most in 2012
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The richest 100 billionaires added $241 billion to their wealth this past year, according to Bloomberg. As a whole they're worth $1.9 trillion.
Let's take a look at 10 billionaires whose net worth rose the most in 2012.
Source: Business Insider
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Image: Visitors walk through the Great Gallery hall inside the imperial Schoenbrunn palace in Vienna, Austria.
Photographs: Heinz-Peter Bader/Reuters
Billionaires whose wealth increased the most in 2012
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Amancio Ortega
Net worth: $57.5 billion
How much he gained in 2012: $22.2 billion
What he does: Head of Spanish clothing retailer Inditex, which owns Zara.
Global rank: 1
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Image: Amancio Ortega with Spain's Princess Letizia in Coruna, Spain.
Photographs: Miguel Vidal/Reuters
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Carlos Slim
Net worth: $22.2 billion
How much he gained in 2012: $13.4 billion
What he does: Mexican telecom magnate
Global rank: 2
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Image: Carlos Slim in the Caribbean port of Cartagena.
Photographs: Stringer/Reuters
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Alwaleed bin Talal
Net worth: $28.7 billion
How much he gained in 2012: $11.3 billion
What he does: Uber-rich Saudi billionaire investor
Global rank: 3
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Image: Alwaleed bin Talal in Beirut, Lebanon.
Photographs: Mohamed Azakir/Reuters
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Bernard Arnault
Net worth: $28.8 billion
How much he gained in 2012: $8.1 billion
What he does: Europe's richest man and chairman of luxury goods company LVMH
Global rank: 4
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Image: Bernard Arnault with his wife Helene Mercier-Armault in Monaco.
Photographs: Emma Foster/Pool/Reuters
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Charles Koch
Net worth: $40.9 billion
How much he gained in 2012: $7.1 billion
What he does: Co-founder of Koch Industries
Global rank: 5
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Image: Charles Koch, inset.
Photographs: Stringer/Reuters
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David Koch
Net worth: $40.9 billion
How much he gained in 2012: $7.1 billion
What he does: Co-founder of Koch Industries
Global rank: 6
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Image: David Koch in New York.
Photographs: Brendan McDermid/Reuters
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Lee Shau Kee
Net worth: $23.7 billion
How much he gained in 2012: $7.1 billion
What he does: Hong Kong property tycoon
Global rank: 7
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Image: Lee Shau Kee, centre, with his son Martin Lee Ka-shing and his wife Cathy Chui in Hong Kong.
Photographs: Siu Chiu/Reuters
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Bill Gates
Net worth: $62.7 billion
How much he gained in 2012: $7 billion
What he does: Microsoft founder and Chairman
Global rank: 8
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Image: Bill Gates with wife Melinda in Seattle, Washington.
Photographs: Marcus Donner/Reuters
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Jeff Bezos
Net worth: $23.6 billion
How much he gained in 2012: $6.9 billion
What he does: Amazon CEO and founder
Global rank: 9
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Image: Jeff Bezos in Las Vegas.
Photographs: Richard Brian/Reuters
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