The American magazine Forbes published the annual list of the world's richest people. Five Kazakhstan citizens remained their status on the billionaires list. However, they lost a couple of stages in the rating list.

Bolat Otemuratov, the richest person in Kazakhstan by last year's rating, remained his status quo this year too. According to Forbes research, he has a business worth 2,3 billion dollars and get the 771th place in world's list.

Timur and Dinara Kulibayevs got the next two stages. Each of their fortunes was estimated with 2 billion US dollars (906th place). Fourth and fifth rich people in Kazakhstan are Alijan Ibragimov and Vladimir Kim. They have 1,5 billion dollars each.

The global rating is headed by the co-founder of Microsoft Bill Gates. His fortune is estimated at 75 billion dollars. Amancio Ortega, founder of Inditex (Zara, Pull & Bear and Massimo Dutti brands), and investor Warren Buffett saved their place in the rating.