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Forbes list of billionaires

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Forbes list of billionaires is based on an yearly measurement of wealth and assets which is published by Forbes magazine. The latest list was released in March 2014.[1][2]

2025[change]

Billionaires List 2025 with their net worthies.[3]

Rank Name Net Worth (USD) Nationality Age Sources Country
1 Elon Musk $433.9 billion South African 53 Tesla, SpaceX, etc. USA
2 Jeff Bezos $239.4 billion American 61 Amazon USA
3 Mark Zuckerberg $211.8 billion American 40 Meta (Facebook) USA
4 Larry Ellison $204.6 billion American 80 Oracle USA
5 Bernard Arnault & family $181.3 billion French 75 LVMH France
6 Warren Buffett $118.4 billion American 94 Berkshire Hathaway USA
7 Bill Gates $113.5 billion American 69 Microsoft USA
8 Sergey Brin $109.8 billion American 51 Google USA
9 Larry Page $109.3 billion American 51 Google USA
10 Steve Ballmer $105.6 billion American 68 Microsoft USA
11 Mukesh Ambani $100.5 billion Indian 67 Reliance Industries India

2024[change]

As of 31 December 2024, the world's richest individual is Elon Musk, the mastermind behind the companies SpaceX and Tesla with a net wealth of $421.2 billion. Musk is the first individual to ever breach the $300 billion net worth, let alone $400 billion. He is followed by Jeff Bezos, albeit with a huge gap behind, with a net worth of $233.5 billion.[4][5]

2020[change]

No. Name Net worth (USD) Age Nationality Source(s) of wealth
1 Steady Jeff Bezos $113 billion Decrease 56 File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Amazon
2 Steady Bill Gates $98 billion Increase 64 File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Microsoft
3 Increase Bernard Arnault and family $76 billion Steady 71 File:Flag of France.svg France LVMH
4 Decrease Warren Buffett $67.5 billion Decrease 89 File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Berkshire Hathaway
5 Increase Larry Ellison $59 billion Decrease 75 File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Oracle Corporation
6 Steady Amancio Ortega $55.1 billion Decrease 84 File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain Inditex, Zara
7 Increase Mark Zuckerberg $54.7 billion Decrease 35 File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Facebook
8 Increase Jim Walton $54.6 billion Increase 71 File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Walmart
9 Increase Alice Walton $54.4 billion Increase 70 File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Walmart
10 Increase S. Robson Walton $54.1 billion Increase 77 File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Walmart


2018[change]

On the 32nd list of world's billionaires, the gap between the top 1% of the billionaires and the rest continues to widen.[6] A record of 2,208 billionaires were in the ranking and the total wealth is $9.1 trillion, up 18% since 2017. For the first time, Jeff Bezos was listed as the top billionaire due to Amazon's rising stock price that resulted in one person's biggest one year gain in wealth since Forbes started tracking in 1987.[6]

No. Name Net worth (USD) Age Nationality Source(s) of wealth
1 Increase Jeff Bezos $112.0 billion Increase 54 File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Amazon
2 Decrease Bill Gates $90.0 billion Increase 62 File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Microsoft
3 Decrease Warren Buffett $84.0 billion Increase 87 File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Berkshire Hathaway
4 Increase Bernard Arnault $72.0 billion Increase 69 File:Flag of France.svg France LVMH
5 Steady Mark Zuckerberg $71.0 billion Increase 33 File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Facebook
6 Decrease Amancio Ortega $70.0 billion Decrease 81 File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain Inditex, Zara
7 Decrease Carlos Slim $67.1 billion Increase 78 File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico América Móvil, Grupo Carso
8 Steady Charles Koch $60.0 billion Increase 82 File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Koch Industries
8 Steady David Koch $60.0 billion Increase 77 File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Koch Industries
10 Decrease Larry Ellison $58.5 billion Increase 73 File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Oracle Corporation

References[change]

  1. Barbara Kollmeyer (March 4, 2014). "Bill Gates back on top, WhatsApp founders and more women in Forbes\' billionaire rankings". Market Watch. Archived from the original on 2017-08-31.
  2. Kerry A. Dolan; Jennifer Wang; Chase Peterson-Withorn (eds.). "The Richest in 2021". Forbes.
  3. "Forbes Real Time Billionaires List - The World's Richest People". Forbes. Retrieved 2025-01-21.
  4. Durot, Matt. "The Unprecedented Gap Between Elon Musk And The World's Next Richest". Forbes. Retrieved 2025-01-13.
  5. "Elon Musk leads world's 500 richest people in 2024 as wealth grew". Yahoo Finance. 1 January 2025. Retrieved 13 January 2025.
  6. 6.0 6.1 Kroll, Luisa (March 6, 2018). "Forbes Billionaires 2018: Meet The Richest People On The Planet". Forbes. Retrieved March 6, 2018.

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