American Corporate Titans Dominate List Of The World's Wealthiest Self-Made Billionaires

NEW YORK, June 16, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- With a personal fortune totaling nearly US$86 billion, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates tops Wealth-X's list of the world's top 25 richest self-made billionaires.

American entrepreneurs like Gates dominate the Wealth-X list, claiming 14 of the 25 spots. The list features numerous notable American billionaires who are responsible for building some of the most successful companies in the world including Berkshire Hathaway, Oracle, and Google.

The combined wealth of the 14 Americans on the Wealth-X list is US$514.2 billion, which is greater than the GDP of Norway.

The technology sector has proved yet again to be an incubator of great fortunes with many on the list such as Oracle's Larry Ellison, Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook and Jack Ma, chairman of Alibaba, China's e-commerce giant, amassing significant wealth by founding and building technology-based companies.

Below are the world's top 25 self-made billionaires:

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