How to Invest Like a Billionaire

Have you ever wondered how the richest people in the world became so rich? In many cases, it is due to one stock, often for a company they founded. If the stock made them rich, why not you?

On March 21 of this year, Forbes Magazine came out with the 2015 Billionaires Edition, which contains a list of the richest people on the planet.

Although, many of these billionaires may own stocks in several companies, there is usually only one company that put them on the billionaire map. The following is a list of the richest people and the stock that made them rich.

Bill Gates

1. Bill Gates, Microsoft (MSFT)

2. Amancio Ortega, Inditex (ITX.MC)

3. Warren Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway (BRKA)

4. Carlos Slim Helu, América Móvil (AMX) (AMOV)

5. Jeff Bezos, Amazon.com (AMZN)

6. Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook (FB)

Warren Buffett

7. Larry Ellison, Oracle (ORCL)

8. Michael Bloomberg, Bloomberg L.P. (private)

9. and 10. Charles & David Koch, Koch Industries (private)

11. Liliane Bettencourt, L'Oreal (LRLCY)

12. and 13. Larry Page and Sergey Brin, Google (GOOG) (GOOGL)

14. Bernard Arnault, LVMH (LVMUY) (LVMHF)

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