The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. June 14, 2017 Five Men Now Hold as Much Wealth as Half of the World's Population Combined --------------------------------------------------------------------------- A new analysis of 2016 data shows that five men now possess as much wealth as half of the world's population combined. The five men-Microsoft founder Bill Gates, Spanish businessman Amancio Ortega, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, American investor Warren Buffett and Mexican telecommunications tycoon Carlos Slim-combined hold $400 billion. Slim is a major shareholder in The New York Times, while Bezos owns The Washington Post.