Top earning retailers make Forbes’ billionaire list
Forbes today released its annual ranking of the world’s richest people, and some notable retailers made the list. Oklahoma’s own David Green, founder of Hobby Lobby, is #276 with an estimated net worth of $4.5 billion. Love’s founders Tom and Judy Love came in at #384 with $3.5 billion.
The biggest gainer on the list is Amancio Ortega, of Zara, a Spanish clothing and accessories retailer, who moved up two spots to #3 with $57 billion.
Other retailers include Bernard Arnault, of LVMH, which owns the Louis Vuitton and Moet Hennessy brands (#10), Wal-mart’s Christy Walton (#11), Stefan Persson of H&M (#12), Wal-mart’s Jim Walton (#14), Wal-mart’s Alice Walton (#16) and Wal-Mart’s S. Robson Walton (#17.)
For more on Oklahoma’s energy billionaires, check out what our Energy Editor Adam Wilmoth wrote earlier today.
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