Five Emirati business tycoons have been featured in the Forbes 2017 Billionaires List, according to Al Bayan newspaper.
The annual survey cited Majid Al Futtaim ($10.6 billion), Abdulla Al Ghurair ($6.8 billion), Abdulla Al Futtaim ($4.1 billion), Hussain Sajwani ($3.7 billion) and Seif Al Ghurair ($2.1 billion) among the top 1,000.
Bill Gates remains the richest person in the world, for the fourth year in a row, with an estimated net worth of $86 billion, up from $75 billion last year.
He is followed by Warren Buffet with a net worth of $75.68 billion, jumping this year by a record $14.8 billion.