1. Elon Musk – $290.3 billion
- Age: 50
- Residence: Texas
- Co-founder and CEO: Tesla
- Net Worth: $273 billion
- Tesla Ownership Stake: 17% ($187 billion)
- Other Assets: Space Exploration Technologies ($40.3 billion private asset), $5.7 billion in cash
Elon Musk is working to revolutionize transportation both on Earth, through electric carmaker Tesla - and in space, via rocket producer SpaceX, Elon Musk's electric car company Tesla is now valued at nearly $800 billion, currently, his net worth is $290.3 billion. Musk’s rocket company, SpaceX, is now valued at nearly $100 billion. Tesla has become the world’s most valuable automaker, with a market capitalization of $800 billion in October 2021.
2. Jeff Bezos – $189.8 billion
- Age: 58
- Residence: Washington
- Founder and Executive Chair: Amazon (AMZN)
- Net Worth: $188 billion
- Amazon Ownership Stake: 10% ($163 billion)
- Other Assets: Blue Origin ($9.15 billion private company stake), The Washington Post ($250 million private asset), and $15.6 billion in cash
Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos has a net worth of $189.8 billion and ranks as the second-richest person on the earth today. His position remains the same even after giving divorce his wife MacKenzie in 2019 and giving her a quarter of his stake in Amazon. Bezos found the Amazon in 1994 out of his garage in Seattle. The e-commerce giant has reaped the benefits of this coronavirus pandemic, with more people shopping online.
3. Bernard Arnault & Family – $175.9 billion
LVMH – France Chairman and CEO Bernard Arnault is the third-richest person on the earth today. His net worth is $175.9 billion, resulting from his business across an empire of more than 70 brands, including Louis Vuitton and Sephora. French businessman and Europe’s richest man Bernard Arnault earned the $100 billion for the last year.
4. Bill Gates – $135 billion
- Age: 66
- Residence: Washington
- Co-founder: Microsoft Corp. (MSFT)
- Net Worth: $133 billion
- Microsoft Ownership Stake: 1.3% ($31.9 billion)
- Other Assets: Cascade Investment LLC ($59.2 billion public assets), $56.9 billion in cash
The co-founder of Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Bill Gates, has a net worth of $135 billion. Having founded the software giant Microsoft along with Paul Allen, Bill Gates eventually sold away much of his stakes in the company, retaining just 1% of the shares and investing the rest in stocks and other assets. Bill Gates entered the $100 billion club last year in April when Microsoft share price surged post-earnings. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is the world’s largest private charitable foundation.
5. Warren Buffett – $124.2 billion
- Age: 91
- Residence: Nebraska
- CEO: Berkshire Hathaway (BRK. A)
- Net Worth: $127 billion
- Berkshire Hathaway Ownership Stake: 16% ($126 billion)
- Other Assets: $1.15 billion in cash
Popularly known as the Oracle of Omaha, Warren Buffett is seen as one of the most successful investors of all times. He runs Berkshire Hathaway that owns over 60 companies including the famous ones GEICO insurance, Duracell, Dairy Queen Restaurant. His net worth is $124.2 billion. The son of a US congressman, he bought his first stock at the age of 11.
6. Larry Page – $119 billion
- Age: 48
- Residence: California
- Co-founder and Board Member: Alphabet (GOOG)
- Net Worth: $125 billion
- Alphabet Ownership Stake: 6% ($109.6 billion total)
- Other Assets: $14.9 billion in cash
Larry Page, the cofounder of Google, has a net worth of $119 billion and ranks in the sixth position among the world’s richest persons. He has also invested in Planetary Resources, the famed space exploration company, and is also funding “Flying Car”, startup companies Kitty Hawk and Opener.
7. Larry Ellison – $116.2 billion
- Age: 77
- Residence: Hawaii
- Co-founder, Chair and CTO: Oracle (ORCL)
- Net Worth: $103 billion
- Oracle Ownership Stake: 40% ($68.4 billion)
- Other Assets: Tesla equity ($16.3 billion public asset), $17.6 billion in cash and real estate
Larry Ellison has a net worth of $116.2 billion, which he earned from Oracle, the software firm he cofounded in 1977. He quit as the CEO of the company in 2014 and since then he functions as the chairman of the board and chief technology advisor of the company. Ellison has also been on the board of Tesla since December 2018 after he purchased 3 million shares earlier that year. He owns nearly all of Hawaiian island Lanai.
8. Serey Brin — $114.3 billion
- Age: 48
- Residence: California
- Co-founder and Board Member: Alphabet (GOOG)
- Net Worth: $119 billion
- Alphabet Ownership Stake: 6% ($104.4 billion total)
- Other Assets: $15 billion in cash
The cofounder and board member of Alphabet, Sergey Brin has a net worth of $114.3 billion, which ranks him in the eight position among the world’s richest persons. He cofounded Google, along with Larry Page in 1998 which went public in 2004 and became Alphabet in 2015.
9.Gautam A dani and family – $113.3 billion
- Age: 59
- Residence: Gurgaon, India
- Founder and Chair: Adani Group
- Net Worth: $100 billion
- Adani Enterprises, Power. and Transmissions Ownership Stakes: 75% each ($51.3 billion)
- Other Assets: 65% of Adani Green Energy ($23.4 billion public asset), 61% of Adani Green Energy ($24.3 billion public asset), 37% of Adani Total Gas ($12.2 billion public asset)
Promoter of the A Dani Group, Gautam A Dani has segregated his multimillion business fortune into energy, logistics, agriculture, aerospace and other sectors.The A Dani Group is a multinational conglomerate dealing with port operations and developments in India, making A Dani the richest man in Asia.
10. Mukesh Ambani – $99.7 billion
A Stanford dropout, Ambani has been one of the richest men in Asia, for over a decade now. He is the owner and chairperson of Reliance Industries, which generates a revenue of over $99.7 billion, as per Forbes.
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