We reveal who is the richest person in these 15 countries (the Brazilian was a professional tennis player)

Recently, Amazon founder Jeff Bazos lost the title of “richest person in the world” to Tesla founder Elon Musk. Despite being born in South Africa, his fortune is concentrated in the United States. Now, do you have any idea who the richest person in your country is?

Next, the awesome.club put together a list to feature the top billionaires from 15 countries, based on the Bloomberg list. Check out!

Stefan Persson is the president of one of the largest clothing retailers in the world, Hennes & Mauritz. In addition to H&M, the Stockholm-based group has brands such as COS, Weekday and Monki.

Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi is the chairman of a Thai beverage conglomerate called TaiBev. But he also has businesses in other areas. In 2016, for example, he acquired the Thai supermarket chain Big C Supercenter for US$6 billion.

Gina Rinehart is the President of Hancock Prospecting, a leading mining and agriculture company in Australia, which was founded by her father Lang Hancock – now deceased.

New Zealand’s richest man’s money comes mainly from the Rank Group, a company mainly involved in selling food packaging and building materials.

In Spain, the title of “richest person” goes to Amancio Ortega. Maybe your name or his face isn’t all that familiar, but you probably know some of the companies he “owns”. Ortega is the founder of Inditex, one of the world’s largest fashion retailers, which owns brands such as Zara🇧🇷 Bershka🇧🇷 pull and bear🇧🇷 Massimo Dutti and more.

This billionaire owns the largest mobile operator in Latin America: América Móvil. In addition to running the company headquartered in Mexico City, Slim also has investments in a wide range of areas, including stocks in the New York Times🇧🇷

The president of Asia’s largest clothing retailer — Fast Retailing — is the richest man in Japan. According to Forbes, one of his goals is to become a world leader in this area, but he would need to surpass Inditex and Hennes & Mauritz.

Alejandro Santo Domingo is a Harvard graduate and is the director of Quadrant Capital Advisors, an investment advisory firm located in New York. He has stakes in giant companies such as AB InBev and Florida Crystals.

In addition to leading OCI — one of the world’s leading fertilizer producers — Nassef Sawiris has a stake in the Adidas business.

Not only is Bernard Arnault the richest in France, he is also one of the richest people in the world. The billionaire is the president of LVMH (Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton), the world’s largest manufacturer of luxury products and is responsible for brands such as Sephora and Louis Vuitton.

The richest man in Argentina is Marcos Galperin. You may not know his name, but you should know the name of the company he runs: MercadoLibre, better known in Brazil as Mercado Livre.

Did you already know that Jorge Paulo Lemann is the biggest billionaire in Brazil? The businessman born in Rio de Janeiro is one of the partners of Anheuser-Busch InBev, the company that controls Ambev. In addition to being a business tycoon, Lemann was a professional tennis player and participated in international tournaments.

Do you know when the person’s own name needs no introduction? So that’s what you probably thought: the richest person in the Netherlands owns 23% of Heineken shares.

If you love sweets like Ferrero Rocher, Nutella and Tic Tac candies, then you should “thank” Giovanni Ferrero for running the Ferrero Group — the company that owns all these brands.

This is Elon Musk — the man who overtook Amazon owner Jeff Bazos to become the richest person in the world. Despite being born in South Africa, he has American citizenship and set up his empire (formed by Tesla and Space X) in California. Are you curious to know more about his inventions? Click here to find out about seven amazing projects he developed.

Have you ever imagined having billions of dollars in your “wallet”? What would you buy with that much money? tell the awesome.club in the comments.