These New York Billionaires Among World's Richest, Bloomberg Says

NEW YORK — The Bloomberg Billionaires Index tracks the world’s 500 richest people on an almost continuous basis — and 28 New Yorkers are among them.

Bloomberg News updates the figures that feed its list after the close of every trading day at the New York Stock Exchange. Overall, 176 of the 500 richest individuals are American, and United States citizens also make up seven of the top 10 richest people globally.

Jeff Bezos, the founder and CEO of Amazon, maintains his spot as the richest person in the world. With a net worth of $52 billion, former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg would rank 19th — but he's missing from his own company's list. That's because Bloomberg News does not cover Bloomberg LP, the company Bloomberg founded.

Without Bloomberg, the richest New Yorker ranks 45th in the world. Here are the billionaires from the Empire State that are on Boomberg's elite list as of early Thursday afternoon:

Leonard Lauder, No. 45

• Total Net Worth: $21.3 billion
• Industry: Cosmetics
• Age: 86

Lauder's wealth wealth could buy: (Look under the “Relative Value” section)

• 17.2 million troy ounces of gold
• 399 million barrels of crude oil

Lauder is the "chairman emeritus" of Estee Lauder, the world's largest costmetics company that owns Clinique, M.A.C. and Aveda, according to Bloomberg. He also "donated his collection of Cubist art to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 2013," the site says.

Carl Icahn, No. 48

• Total Net Worth: $21 billion
• Industry: Diversified
• Age: 83

Icahn's wealth could buy:

• 17 million troy ounces of gold
• 396 million barrels of crude oil

Icahn is the founder of Icahn Enterprises and has investments in about 10 industries, "including automotive, energy, gaming, real estate and food packaging," Bloomberg says. "His investments are made through publicly traded Icahn Enterprises and closely held Icahn Partners."

Jim Simons, No. 49

• Total Net Worth: $20.7 billion
• Industry: Finance
• Age: 81

Simons's wealth could buy:

• 16.7 million troy ounces of gold
• 389 million barrels of crude oil

Simons founded Renaissance Technologies, a Long Island-based hedge fund. "Its signature Medallion fund has delivered average annual returns of about 40% since 1988 and has paid him more than $9.5 billion in cash distributions since 2006," Bloomberg says.

Steve Schwarzman, No. 64

• Total Net Worth: $17.7 billion
• Industry: Finance
• Age: 72

Schwarzman's wealth could buy:

• 14.3 million troy ounces of gold
• 333 million barrels of crude oil

Schwarzman is a co-founder of Blackstone Group, the massive private equity firm managed $472 billion in assets at the end of last year, according to Bloomberg. "The billionaire has collected more than $5 billion from a combination of stock sales, dividends and compensation," Bloomberg says.

Donald Newhouse, No. 88

• Total Net Worth: $15.1 billion
• Industry: Media and telecom
• Age: 90

Newhouse's wealth could buy:

• 12.2 million troy ounces of gold
• 283 million barrels of crude oil

Newhouse's media company, Advance Publications, "has newspapers in more than two dozen American cities, as well as interests in cable TV distribution and programming," Bloomberg says. "Through Conde Nast, it publishes magazines that include Vanity Fair and the New Yorker."

Other New Yorkers on the list include:

• Valerie Mars, No. 143, $10.5 billion
• Victoria Mars, No. 144, $10.5 billion
• Ron Perelman, No. 149, $10 billion
• Stephen Ross, No. 151, $9.9 billion
• Rupert Murdoch, No. 238, $7 billion
• Leon Black, No. 241, $6.95 billion
• Henry Kravis, No. 242, $6.91 billion
• George Soros, No. 256, $6.7 billion
• Ralph Lauren, No. 263, $6.58 billion
• Richard LeFrak, No. 272, $6.39 billion
• Izzy Englander, No. 342, $5.52 billion
• David Shaw, No. 343, $5.51 billion
• Leonard Stern, No. 345, $5.51 billion
• Margaretta Taylor, No. 351, $5.41 billion
• James Chambers, No. 352, $5.41 billion
• Katharine Rayner, No. 353, $5.41 billion
• Charles Dolan, No. 378, $5.2 billion
• Jeff Sutton, No. 390, $5.11 billion
• Barry Diller, No. 391, $5.11 billion
• Stan Druckenmiller, No. 392, $5.06 billion
• Chase Coleman, No. 448, $4.57 billion
• John Paulson, No. 470, $4.4 billion
• Jeremy Jacobs, No. 473, $4.38 billion

The top 10 richest Americans in the world are:

• Jeff Bezos: $111 billion
• Bill Gates: $108 billion
• Warren Buffet: $84.0 billion
• Mark Zuckerberg: $72.8 billion
• Larry Page: $62.3 billion
• Charles Koch: $61.3 billion
• Sergey Brin: $60.5 billion
• Larry Ellison: $59.7 billion
• Rob Walton: $54.1 billion
• Jim Walton: $53.9 billion

See the full list and read more via Bloomberg