The latest data from Bloomberg's Billionaires Index has revealed that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is now the sixth-richest person in the world.

Zuckerberg's position on the list of the world's richest people notched up to the sixth spot on Wednesday, after his net worth soared to nearly $47 billion on account of the strong financial results reported by Facebook social network for the 2015 fourth quarter.

To rise up to the sixth place on the 'world's richest people' list, 31-year-old Zuckerberg managed to surpass billionaire brothers Charles Koch and David Koch, who are known for pouring cash into Republican coffers. The two brothers, as per Bloomberg's Billionaires Index, have a net worth of $45.9 billion.

With Zuckerberg now on the sixth place on the list of world's richest people, the five billionaires who are ahead of the tech entrepreneur in rankings are Bill Gates, Amancio Ortega, Warren Buffett, Jeff Bezos, and Carlos Slim.

According to Bloomberg's Billionaire's Index, which is a daily ranking of the 400 richest people in the world, there are now seven billionaires among the 100 richest people; and the combined net worth of these seven billionaires is around $3.7 trillion.