Travis Kalanick rode Uber's success all the way to the 2015 Forbes Billionaires List, joining other newcomers like Evan Spiegel and Michael Jordan.
In all, there were 290 new entrants to the list of 1,826 billionaires, including 71 from China, 57 from the Unied States, 28 from India and 23 from Germany.
With an estimated fortune of $5.3 billion, the 38-year-old Kalanick is No. 283 on the list. Spiegel, the CEO of Snapchat, comes in at 1,250 with $1.5 billion. Jordan clocks in at 1,741 with $1 billion.
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