--- description: Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook empire just keeps growing. title: Mark Zuckerberg Is Now the Sixth-Richest Person in the World image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt88bc7f4d863bcde4/69887b21cd1bba0ed06ff2a3/gettyimages-4946527622.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Business](/section/business/) ## Business Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Companies](/tag/companies/) ## Companies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Mark Zuckerberg Is Now the Sixth-Richest Person in the World ## Video: Tech Time: How Facebook's Safety Check is Evolving [Watch (HLS stream): Tech Time: How Facebook's Safety Check is Evolving](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/u1Y7z4NX.m3u8) (2:06)  _Published 2015-11-18. Tech Time: How Facebook's Safety Check is Evolving_ by [Victor Luckerson](/author/victor-luckerson/) ## Victor Luckerson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 28, 2016 4:27 PM CUT  Facebook chief executive and founder Mark Zuckerberg speaks during a 'town-hall' meeting at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in New Delhi on October 28, 2015. Facebook chief executive and founder Mark Zuckerberg speaks during a 'town-hall' meeting at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in New Delhi on October 28, 2015.Money Sharma—AFP/Getty Images by [Victor Luckerson](/author/victor-luckerson/) ## Victor Luckerson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 28, 2016 4:27 PM CUT Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook empire just keeps growing. The 31-year-old CEO of the social network is now worth about $47 billion, making him the sixth-richest person on Earth, according to [Bloomberg](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-01-28/zuckerberg-fortune-passes-kochs-as-facebook-revenue-hits-record "undefined"). Facebook on Wednesday released a [stellar earnings report](http://time.com/4196833/facebook-fb-earnings-q4-2015/ "undefined") for the fourth quarter of 2015, which sent stocks soaring more than 13% in early-morning trading Thursday. Zuckerberg’s wealth is primarily in Facebook stock, so the rally boosted his net worth by $1.2 billion for the year. **_Read next:_** [**_These Are the 10 Richest Women of All Time_**](http://time.com/money/4153560/10-richest-women-all-time/ "undefined") Charles and David Koch, who Zuckerberg surpassed, have seen their net worth decline due to falling oil prices. The richest person in the world remains Bill Gates, who has a net worth of $78 billion, according to Bloomberg. He’s followed by Amancio Ortega ($70 billion), Warren Buffett ($59 billion), Jeff Bezos ($52 billion) and Carlos Slim ($48 billion). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4198210/mark-zuckerberg-bill-gates-richest-person-world/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4198210/mark-zuckerberg-bill-gates-richest-person-world/"},"headline":"Mark Zuckerberg Is Now the Sixth-Richest Person in the World","datePublished":"2016-01-28T16:27:56.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:07:20.480Z","description":"He just passed the Koch brothers","url":"https://time.com/4198210/mark-zuckerberg-bill-gates-richest-person-world/","keywords":["Companies","Tech","facebook","Wealth","Mark Zuckerberg","CEOs"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt88bc7f4d863bcde4/69887b21cd1bba0ed06ff2a3/gettyimages-4946527622.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Victor Luckerson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/victor-luckerson/"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt88bc7f4d863bcde4/69887b21cd1bba0ed06ff2a3/gettyimages-4946527622.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"INDIA-INTERNET-FACEBOOK-COMPUTERS","caption":"INDIA-INTERNET-FACEBOOK-COMPUTERS","creditText":"Money Sharma—AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/companies/","name":"Companies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4198210/mark-zuckerberg-bill-gates-richest-person-world/","name":"Mark Zuckerberg Is Now the Sixth-Richest Person in the World"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Tech Time: How Facebook's Safety Check is Evolving","description":"Tech Time: How Facebook's Safety Check is Evolving","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/u1Y7z4NX/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-11-18T23:59:45.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/u1Y7z4NX.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4198210/mark-zuckerberg-bill-gates-richest-person-world/","duration":"PT2M6S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4198210/mark-zuckerberg-bill-gates-richest-person-world/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```