Seven men in Egypt is populated by two families Sawiris and Mansour kept their spot as the world's richest men with a combined wealth of US$21.5 billion compared to $17 billion last year, Forbes magazine said Monday.
Egyptian construction mogul Nassef Sawiris, the youngest among the Sawiris siblings, was the first Egyptian and the 225th Forbes list 2015 with a total worth of $6.3 billion compared to a net worth of $6.7 billion.
Business tycoon Mohamed Mansour was the second Egyptian on the list and the 418th in the world with a net worth of 4 billion compared to $3.1 billion last year.
Naguib Sawiris was the third Egyptian and the 577th on the list with $3.1 billion, compared to $2.8 billion last year.
Youssef Mansour was the fourth Egyptian and the 628th in the world on the list with $2.9 billion, compared to $2.3 billion last year.
Yassen Mansour the fifth Egyptian and the 810th on the list with $2.3 billion, compared to $1.8 billion last year.
Onsi Sawiris followed as the seventh richest Egyptian, coming in 1054th in world with $1.8 billion, compared to $2.4 billion last year.
Samih Sawiris was eight richest Egyptian, ranked 1712th world-wide on the Forbes list 2015, with $1.1 billion, compared to
The number of billionaires in the world this year is growing steadily, breaking an all-time record this year, with 1,826, up from 1,645 last year.
