Johnny Morris ranks No. 249 on global billionaires list

Bass Pro Shops founder Johnny Morris slipped three spots on the Forbes World's Billionaires List.

The list, released this month, ranks Morris at No. 249 among the wealthiest people in the world. He was No. 246 on the list last year.

Morris' estimated net worth is $9.5 billion, according to Forbes. That compares with an estimated $8.3 billion at the same time last year.

Morris is tied on the Forbes list with Denise Coates of online gambling company Bet365; Christopher Hohn, a hedge fund manager; Karel Komarek of investment company KKCG; Nicky Oppenheimer, former chair of the De Beers diamond mining company, and family; Pankaj Patel, chair of Zydus Lifesciences; and Xu Hang, co-founder of Mindray Medical International.

Ranking No. 1 on this year's global billionaires list is Bernard Arnault, who oversees the LVMH empire of fashion and cosmetics brands, and family, with an estimated net worth of $233 billion.