--- title: Here Are the Billionaires Who Made the Most Money in 2017 description: 'Here are the 15 billionaires who made the most money in 2017: Net worth increased for Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, Hui Ka Yan, Carlos Slim.' authors: - name: Rob Wile url: https://money.com/author/rob-wile/ at_money_since: 2017 articles: 191 covers: - Business - Career Advice - Economy and Politics - Education - Housing - Identity Theft - Insurance - Investing - Lifestyle - Personal Finance - Retirement - Shopping - Taxes - Technology social: - https://x.com/rjwile former_staff: true published: '2017-12-21T15:00:11.000Z' modified: '2024-04-17T07:29:47.000Z' section: Business tags: - Amazon - Billionaires - facebook - rich - Wealth word_count: 240 canonical: https://money.com/billionaires-net-worth-jeff-bezos-mark-zuckerberg/ type: Article source: structured-blocks --- > **Disclosure:** We research all brands listed and may earn a fee from our partners. Research and financial considerations may influence how brands are displayed. Not all brands are included. [Learn more](https://money.com/page/disclaimer/). ![171220-billionaires-bezos-zuckerberg](https://img.money.com/2017/12/171220-billionaires-bezos-zuckerberg.jpg?crop=0px%2C41px%2C3000px%2C1688px&quality=85) *(left to right) Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg* Thanks to soaring stock prices, 2017 was a stunning year for the world's wealthiest people. According to the [Bloomberg Billionaires Index](https://www.bloomberg.com/billionaires/), roughly six out of seven of the top 500 richest people in the world saw their net worths increase this year, and the average increase was a staggering $1.5 billion. Within that 500, some had truly incredible years. Below are the 15 billionaires who saw the greatest increases in their net worths in 2017. Some fast facts about the group: - Total wealth created: $259.4 billion - Average age: 56.5 - Number of women: 2 - Number of Chinese: 5 - Number of heirs: 3 Unsurprisingly, Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos is not only currently ranked as the [richest person in the world](https://money.com/jeff-bezos-net-worth-100-billion-worlds-richest-man/), with a net worth of roughly $100 billion, he also had the best year of any billionaire. Bezos's net worth has increased by a staggering $35 billion in 2017. For that matter, all of the top 15 billionaires with the largest increase in their net worths added at least $12 billion to their fortunes this year. As you can see below, the top 15 list for 2017 includes Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, Alphabet (Google) executives Larry Page and Sergey Brin, a couple of heirs to the Walmart fortune, and Warren Buffett. The biggest billionaire losers of 2017, on the other hand, included George Soros (who [gave away $18 billion](http://fortune.com/2017/10/17/george-soros-open-society-18-billion/)), Alwaleed Bin Talal (decrease in net worth of $2.14 billion), and Carl Icahn (-$1.75 billion). ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "@id": "https://money.com/billionaires-net-worth-jeff-bezos-mark-zuckerberg/#breadcrumb", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://money.com" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Business", "item": "https://money.com/business/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Entrepreneurship", "item": "https://money.com/entrepreneurship/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "Here Are the Billionaires Who Made the Most Money in 2017" } ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://money.com/#website", "url": "https://money.com", "name": "Money", "publisher": { "@id": "https://money.com/#organization" } }, { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://money.com/billionaires-net-worth-jeff-bezos-mark-zuckerberg/#webpage", "url": "https://money.com/billionaires-net-worth-jeff-bezos-mark-zuckerberg/", "name": "Here Are the Billionaires Who Made the Most Money in 2017", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://money.com/#website" }, "datePublished": "2017-12-21T15:00:11.000Z", "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://money.com/billionaires-net-worth-jeff-bezos-mark-zuckerberg/" }, "inLanguage": "en-US", "breadcrumb": { "@id": "https://money.com/billionaires-net-worth-jeff-bezos-mark-zuckerberg/#breadcrumb" }, "dateModified": "2024-04-17T07:29:47.000Z" }, { "@type": "Article", "headline": "Here Are the Billionaires Who Made the Most Money in 2017", "articleSection": "Business", "image": [ { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://img.money.com/2017/12/171220-billionaires-bezos-zuckerberg.jpg?crop=0px%2C41px%2C3000px%2C1688px&quality=85", "width": 1012, "height": 569, "caption": "171220-billionaires-bezos-zuckerberg" } ], "author": [ { "@type": "Person", "name": "Rob Wile", "url": "https://money.com/author/rob-wile/", "@id": "https://money.com/author/rob-wile/#author", "sameAs": [ "https://x.com/rjwile" ] } ], "publisher": "https://money.com/#organization", "datePublished": "2017-12-21T15:00:11.000Z", "description": "Here are the 15 billionaires who made the most money in 2017: Net worth increased for Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, Hui Ka Yan, Carlos Slim.", "abstract": "Here are the 15 billionaires who made the most money in 2017: Net worth increased for Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, Hui Ka Yan, Carlos Slim.", "@id": "https://money.com/billionaires-net-worth-jeff-bezos-mark-zuckerberg/", "inLanguage": "en-US", "dateModified": "2024-04-17T07:29:47.000Z", "wordCount": 240, "keywords": [ "Amazon", "Billionaires", "facebook", "rich", "Wealth" ], "about": [ { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Business", "sameAs": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business" ] }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Entrepreneurship", "sameAs": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entrepreneurship" ] } ] } ] } ```