Forbes list of billionaires
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]
- Some wealthy people
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Carlos Slim (Mexico) -
Bill Gates (United States) -
Warren Buffett (United States) -
Larry Ellison (Oracle Corporation founder, United States)
2025
[change | change source]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 | USA | |
| 9 | Larry Page | $109.3 billion | American | 51 | USA | |
| 10 | Steve Ballmer | $105.6 billion | American | 68 | Microsoft | USA |
| 11 | Mukesh Ambani | $100.5 billion | Indian | 67 | Reliance Industries | India |
2024
[change | change source]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 | change source]| No. | Name | Net worth (USD) | Age | Nationality | Source(s) of wealth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1  |
Jeff Bezos | $113 billion  |
56 |  United States |
Amazon |
| 2 |
Bill Gates | $98 billion  |
64 | United States |
Microsoft |
| 3 |
Bernard Arnault and family | $76 billion |
71 |  France |
LVMH |
| 4 |
Warren Buffett | $67.5 billion |
89 | United States |
Berkshire Hathaway |
| 5 |
Larry Ellison | $59 billion |
75 | United States |
Oracle Corporation |
| 6 |
Amancio Ortega | $55.1 billion |
84 |  Spain |
Inditex, Zara |
| 7 |
Mark Zuckerberg | $54.7 billion |
35 | United States |
|
| 8
|
Jim Walton | $54.6 billion
|
71 | United States
|
Walmart |
| 9
|
Alice Walton | $54.4 billion
|
70 | United States
|
Walmart |
| 10
|
S. Robson Walton | $54.1 billion
|
77 | United States
|
Walmart |
2018
[change | change source]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 |
Jeff Bezos | $112.0 billion |
54 | United States |
Amazon |
| 2 |
Bill Gates | $90.0 billion |
62 | United States |
Microsoft |
| 3 |
Warren Buffett | $84.0 billion |
87 | United States |
Berkshire Hathaway |
| 4 |
Bernard Arnault | $72.0 billion |
69 | France |
LVMH |
| 5 |
Mark Zuckerberg | $71.0 billion |
33 | United States |
|
| 6 |
Amancio Ortega | $70.0 billion |
81 | Spain |
Inditex, Zara |
| 7 |
Carlos Slim | $67.1 billion |
78 |  Mexico |
América Móvil, Grupo Carso |
| 8 |
Charles Koch | $60.0 billion |
82 | United States |
Koch Industries |
| 8 |
David Koch | $60.0 billion |
77 | United States |
Koch Industries |
| 10 |
Larry Ellison | $58.5 billion |
73 | United States |
Oracle Corporation |
References
[change | change source]- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Kerry A. Dolan; Jennifer Wang; Chase Peterson-Withorn (eds.). "The Richest in 2021". Forbes.
- ↑ "Forbes Real Time Billionaires List - The World's Richest People". Forbes. Retrieved 2025-01-21.
- ↑ Durot, Matt. "The Unprecedented Gap Between Elon Musk And The World's Next Richest". Forbes. Retrieved 2025-01-13.
- ↑ "Elon Musk leads world's 500 richest people in 2024 as wealth grew". Yahoo Finance. 1 January 2025. Retrieved 13 January 2025.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Kroll, Luisa (March 6, 2018). "Forbes Billionaires 2018: Meet The Richest People On The Planet". Forbes. Retrieved March 6, 2018.
Other websites
[change | change source]- Forbes: Billionaires in the News Archived 2018-11-26 at the Wayback Machine