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![French President Receives Bill Gates at ELysee Palace in Paris](https://img.money.com/2016/08/gettyimages-543265518.jpg)
*Bill Gates is richer than he's ever been.*

Bill Gates, the richest man in the world, reached a whole new level of wealth Friday, when his net worth hit $90 billion, thanks to "gains in public holdings including Canadian National Railway Company and Ecolab Inc," [Bloomberg](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-08-22/bill-gates-s-net-worth-hits-record-high-of-90-billion-chart) reports. That's up from the [$83.3 billion](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-03-15/top-400-billionaires-wealth-rises-to-3-896-trillion) Bloomberg listed him at in March.

The Microsoft founder's net worth is $13.5 billion bigger than Amancio Ortega, the second wealthiest person in the world, per Bloomberg's Billionaire Index. Ortega is the Spanish mogul behind fast fashion retailer Zara.

***Read Next: [Bill Gates Is Once Again the Richest Person in the World](https://money.com/bill-gates-richest-person-on-earth-2016/)***

In January, Wealth X, a wealth-tracking website pegged Gates' net worth at [$87.4 billion](https://money.com/bill-gates-richest-person-on-earth-2016/); Forbes has him at [$78.6 billion](http://www.forbes.com/profile/bill-gates/). Regardless, Gates is consistently ranked the richest man in the world, and $90 billion is a new record (in the [modern era](https://time.com/nextadvisor/), anyway).

Friend and investor Warren Buffett also regularly tops the lists: Wealth X listed the Oracle of Omaha with a net worth of [$65.7 billion](https://money.com/donald-trump-is-worth-4-5-billion/) earlier this month. Billionaire Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump's net worth is pegged at [$4.5 billion](https://money.com/donald-trump-is-worth-4-5-billion/).

Both Gates and Buffett have pledged to give away at [least half](http://givingpledge.org/) of their wealth to charities.

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