Meet the world's 10 richest billionaires

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From a Spanish fashion tycoon to Australia's female mining magnate and China's soft drink king - the world's richest have amassed a net worth of $2.7 trillion (£1.69 trillion). That's about the same size as the French economy, the fifth-biggest in the world.

Bloomberg Markets' inaugural list of the world's richest people features 200 billionaires, including 30 'hidden' billionaires that have never been listed in a rich list before.%VIRTUAL-SkimlinksPromo%