Find out who tops the rich list according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index as 2014 draws to a close.
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5th: Charles Koch, head of Koch Industries, $50.8bn. Bo Rader / Wichita Eagle / MCT via Getty Images -
4th: Amancio Ortega, owner of the Spanish textile giant group Inditex, $61.8bn. Cabalar / EPA -
3rd: Carlos Slim, $73.1bn. Susana Gonzalez / Bloomberg -
2nd: Warren Buffett, $74.5bn. Nati Harnik / AP Photo -
1st: Microsoft co-founder turned global philanthropist Bill Gates, $87.6bn. Lionel Boanventure / AFP
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