Mark Zuckerberg Is Now Richer Than the Richest Walton
Zuck is closing in on the Billionaires Top 10
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Friends are more valuable than family this week, at least as far as net worth goes. Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg vaulted past the four members of the Walton family this week to become the 11 richest person on Earth. The 31-year old entrepreneur had a $38.6 billion fortune as of the end of trading Tuesday. That's just $1.4 billion away from becoming one of the world's 10 richest people.
Christy Walton, 66, the richest of the four relatives who are the biggest shareholders in Wal-Mart Stores, has a $37.1 billion fortune. Zuck has added $4.1 billion to his net worth in 2015, while the Waltons have each lost almost $5 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.