BILL Gates is set to become the world's first trillionaire within 25 years.

And that's despite the Microsoft founder's "commendable efforts" to try and share it around, a report by Oxfam into poverty inequality has found.

World's rich list

These are the world's richest

Bill Gates

Microsoft founder is worth £59.35billion ($75billion)

Amancio Ortega

The Zara owner is worth £53billion ($67billion)

Warren Buffett

The Berkshire Hathaway owner is worth (£48.11billion) $60.8billion

Carlos Slim

The Movil owner is worth £39.56billion $50billion

Jeff Bezos The Amazon founder is worth £36billion ($45.2billion)

Mark Zuckerberg

The Facebook founder is worth £35.35billion ($44.6billion)

Larry Ellison

The Oracle software founder is worth £35billion ($43.6billion)

Michael Bloomberg

The Bloomberg founder is worth £31.2billion ($40.0 billion)

Charles Koch

The Koch industries founder is worth £31billion ($39.6billion)

David Koch

The Koch industries founder is worth £31billion ($39.6 billion)