Seven men in Egypt is populated by two families Sawiris and Mansour kept their spot as the world's richest men with a combined wealth of US$21.5 billion compared to $17 billion last year, Forbes magazine said Monday.
Egyptian construction mogul Nassef Sawiris, the youngest among the Sawiris siblings, was the first Egyptian and the 225th Forbes list 2015 with a total worth of $6.3 billion compared to a net worth of $6.7 billion.
Business tycoon Mohamed Mansour was the second Egyptian on the list and the 418th in the world with a net worth of 4 billion compared to $3.1 billion last year.
Naguib Sawiris was the third Egyptian and the 577th on the list with $3.1 billion, compared to $2.8 billion last year.
Youssef Mansour was the fourth Egyptian and the 628th in the world on the list with $2.9 billion, compared to $2.3 billion last year.
Yassen Mansour the fifth Egyptian and the 810th on the list with $2.3 billion, compared to $1.8 billion last year.
Onsi Sawiris followed as the seventh richest Egyptian, coming in 1054th in world with $1.8 billion, compared to $2.4 billion last year.
Samih Sawiris was eight richest Egyptian, ranked 1712th world-wide on the Forbes list 2015, with $1.1 billion, compared to
Despite plunging oil prices and a weakened euro, the ranks of the world’s wealthiest defied global economic turmoil and expanded yet again," said Forbes.
The number of billionaires in the world this year is growing steadily, breaking an all-time record this year, with 1,826, up from 1,645 last year with an aggregate net worth of $7.05 trillion, up from $6.4 trillion a year ago, Forbes added.
