According to Forbes list of Billionaires, there are 2,668 richest billionaires in the world. We have however from the list gather the top 10 richest people in the world and their NetWorth.
QUICK NOTE:
- Elon Musk, the co-founder and CEO of Tesla, is the richest person in the world with a net worth of $219 billion.
- Behind Musk is the founder of Amazon, Jeff Bezos, with an estimated net worth of $171 billion.
- 236 newcomers have become billionaires over the past year—including the first ever from Barbados, Bulgaria, Estonia and Uruguay.
- America still leads the world, with 735 billionaires worth a collective $4.7 trillion, including Elon Musk, who tops the World’s Billionaires list for the first time.
RICHEST PEOPLE IN THE WORLD & THEIR NETWORTH
1. Elon Musk
- Age: 51
- Residence: Texas
- Co-founder and CEO: Tesla
- Net Worth: $219 billion
- Tesla Ownership Stake: 15% ($108 billion)
- Other Assets: Space Exploration Technologies ($46.9 billion private asset), The Boring Company ($3.33 billion private asset), Twitter ($3 billion public asset), $17.9 billion in cash.
- Education: Bachelor of Arts/Science, University of Pennsylvania.
- Children: 10
I operate on the physics approach to analysis. You boil things down to the first principles or fundamental truths in a particular area and then you reason up from there.
Elon Musk
2. Jeff Bezos
Jeff Bezos is the founder of e-commerce giant Amazon. It was founded in the year 1994 out of his garage in Seattle. Jeff Bezos stepped down as CEO to become executive chairman in July 2021.
- Age: 58
- Residence: Washington
- Founder and Executive Chair: Amazon (AMZN)
- Net Worth: $171 billion
- Amazon Ownership Stake: 10% ($127 billion)
- Other Assets: Blue Origin ($9.15 billion private asset), The Washington Post ($250 million private asset), and $14.5 billion in cash
- Education: Bachelor of Arts/Science, Princeton University
- Children: 4
I didn’t think I’d regret trying and failing. And I suspected I would always be haunted by a decision to not try at all.
Jeff Bezos
3. Bernard Arnault & Family
- Age: 73
- Residence: Paris
- CEO and Chair: LVMH
- Net Worth: $158 billion
- Christian Dior Ownership Stake: 97.5% ($107 billion total)
- Other Assets: Moelis & Company equity ($19.8 billion public asset), Hermès equity (undisclosed stake), and $9.1 billion in cash.
- Education: Bachelor of Arts/Science, Ecole Polytechnique de Paris.
- Children: 5
I see myself as an ambassador of French heritage and French culture. What we create is emblematic. It’s linked to Versailles, to Marie Antoinette.
Bernard Arnault
4. Bill Gates
- Age: 66
- Residence: Washington
- Co-founder: Microsoft (MSFT)
- Net Worth: $129 billion
- Microsoft Ownership Stake: 1.3% ($26.4 billion)
- Other Assets: Cascade Investment LLC ($51.7 billion public assets), $54.2 billion in cash.
- Education: Drop Out, Harvard University.
- Children: 3
Money has no utility to me beyond a certain point. Its utility is entirely in building an organization and getting the resources out to the poorest in the world.
Bill Gates
5. Warren Buffet
- Age: 92
- Residence: Nebraska
- CEO: Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)
- Net Worth: $118 billion
- Berkshire Hathaway Ownership Stake: 16% ($95.7 billion)
- Other Assets: $1.05 billion in cash
- Education: Master of Science, Columbia University; Bachelor of Arts/Science, University of Nebraska Lincoln
- Children: 3
Rational people don’t risk what they have and need for what they don’t have and don’t need.
Warren Buffet
6. Larry Page
- Age: 49
- Residence: California
- Co-founder and Board Member: Alphabet (GOOG)
- Net Worth: $111 billion
- Alphabet Ownership Stake: 6% ($84.4 billion total)
- Other Assets: $14.4 billion in cash.
- Education: Master of Science, Stanford University; Bachelor of Arts/Science, University of Michigan
- Children: 1
You never lose a dream; it just incubates as a hobby.
Larry Page
7. Sergey Brin
- Age: 49
- Residence: California
- Co-founder and Board Member: Alphabet (GOOG)
- Net Worth: $107 billion
- Alphabet Ownership Stake: 6% ($80 billion total)
- Other Assets: $14.4 billion in cash
- Education: Master of Science, Stanford University; Bachelor of Arts/Science, University of Maryland, College Park
- Children: 3
Obviously, everyone wants to be successful, but I want to be looked back on as being very innovative, very trusted and ethical and ultimately making a big difference in the world.
Sergey Brin
8. Larry Ellison
- Age: 78
- Residence: Hawaii
- Co-founder, Chair, and CTO: Oracle (ORCL)
- Net Worth: $106 billion
- Oracle Ownership Stake: 40%+ ($62.8 billion)
- Other Assets: Tesla equity ($12.2 billion public asset), $17.1 billion in cash and real estate.
- Education: Drop Out, University of Chicago; Drop Out, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
- Children: 4
When people start telling you that you’re crazy, you just might be on to the most important innovation in your life.
Larry Ellison
9. Steve Ballmer
- Age: 66
- Residence: Washington
- Owner: Los Angeles Clippers
- Net Worth: $91.4 billion
- Microsoft Ownership Stake: 4% ($81.7 billion total)
- Other Assets: Los Angeles Clippers ($3.16 billion private asset), $5.8 billion in cash.
- Education: Bachelor of Arts/Science, Harvard University; Drop Out, Stanford University
- Children: 3
Computer science is the operating system for all innovation.
Steve Ballmer
10. Mukesh Ambani
- Age: 65
- Residence: Mumbai, India.
- Owner: Reliance Industries
- Net Worth: $90.7 billion
- Education: Drop Out, Stanford University; Bachelor of Science in Engineering, University of Mumbai
- Children: 3
Anything and everything that can go digital is going digital. India cannot afford to be left behind.
Mukesh Ambani
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