Lists 3/02/2015 @ 7:00AM 7,233,984 views. Forbes Billionaires: Full List Of The 500 Richest People In The World 2015. Another year, another set of records broken by the planetâs wealthiest. Despite some global economic turmoil â plummeting oil prices, weakened Euros, ruinous rubles â it was still a pretty good year for billionaires overall.