Who joins Jeff Bezos as one of the world’s 7 richest retail billionaires?
The Amazon founder and CEO has a fortune of US$131 billion, according to Forbes’ latest list of the planet’s wealthiest people
The realm of retail has certainly produced lots of billionaires. At least, that's what Forbes magazine’s 2019 report on the world’s 20 richest people seems to show
Seven of the names on the list, published on Tuesday, received their money from major companies in the retail industry: the only industry that fared better was technology, which boasts 10 billionaires.
From Jeff Bezos, the founder of technology company Amazon – the world’s richest man – to the surviving children of Sam Walton, the late founder of the Walmart retail group, check out which billionaires owe their vast fortunes to retail:
7. S. Robson ‘Rob’ Walton
Net worth: US$44.3 billion
Origin of wealth: Walmart
6. Alice Walton
