Just eight super-rich men hold the same amount of wealth as the poorest half of the world’s population, according to an analysis from the charity Oxfam released Sunday night. 根据慈善组织乐施会周日晚上公布的分析数据,这八位超级富翁的财富相当于全世界较贫穷的一半人口所拥有的财产的总和。 Six of these billionaires, from Forbes’ list of the world’s richest people, are American entrepreneurs: Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, Berkshire Hathaway chairman and CEO Warren Buffett, Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos, Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison, former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Rounding out the list are Carlos Slim, the Mexican tycoon, and Amancio Ortega, the Spanish founder of a retail conglomerate that includes clothing chain Zara. Together their net wealth ― assets minus debts ― amounts to $426 billion. 这些亿万富翁中有六位是福布斯全球最富有榜单中一员,且都是美国企业家:微软联合创始人比尔·盖茨,伯克希尔·哈撒韦董事长兼首席执行官沃伦·巴菲特,亚马逊创始人兼首席执行官杰夫·贝佐斯,甲骨文联合创始人拉里·埃里森,约克市长迈克尔·布隆伯格和脸书创始人兼首席执行官马克·扎克伯格。列出的名单中也包括墨西哥大亨卡洛斯·斯利姆,西班牙零售集团(旗下包括服装品牌zara)创始人阿曼西奥•奥特加。他们的净资产加起来除去负债,总计4260亿美元。 |