The list of richest people in the world can vary from year to year, depending on their latest net worth and financial performance. This is the latest list of the 10 richest people in the world based on the Forbes list on June 16, 2022, and some interesting facts about each.
Elon Musk - ($215.6 B)
Elon Musk is trying to revolutionize transportation on Earth through electric carmaker Tesla and through rocket maker SpaceX. Elon Musk's electric car company Tesla is currently worth nearly $800 billion and his net worth is now $215.6 B. Rocket Musk SpaceX is currently valued at nearly $100 billion. With a market value of 800 billion dollars in October 2021, Tesla has become the most valuable car manufacturer in the world.
Bernard Arnault and family - ($139.1 B)
LVMH – France's Chairman and CEO, Bernard Arnault, is the second-richest person on the planet today. His net worth is $1391.3 B, the result of his business across an empire of more than 70 brands, including Louis Vuitton and Sephora. Bernard Arnaud, the French businessman and the richest man in Europe, acquired a fortune of 100 B, dollars last December.
Jeff Bezos - ($133.4 B)
With a net worth of $133.4 B, Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos is the third-richest person in the world today. After divorcing his wife Mackenzie in 2019 and transferring a quarter of Amazon shares to him, his position has remained the same. Bezos founded the giant Amazon in 1994 out of a Seattle garage. E-commerce giants have benefited from the coronavirus pandemic, and more people are shopping online.
Bill Gates - ($122.4 B)
Bill Gates, co-founder of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, has a net worth of $122.4B. Bill Gates, who co-founded software giant Microsoft with Paul Allen, eventually sold a portion of the business he only owned 1 percent of and invested the rest in stocks and other assets. Bill Gates entered the $100 B, club in April of last year when Microsoft's stock price rose after earnings. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is the largest private charitable foundation in the world.
Warren Buffett - ($100.09 B)
Warren Buffett, widely known as the Oracle of Omaha, is considered one of the most successful investors to date. He runs Berkshire Hathaway, which owns more than 60 companies, including GEICO Insurance, Duracell and Dairy Queen Restaurant. His net worth is $100.9 B.
Gautam Adan and his family - ($97.2 B)
Gautam Adan, the promoter of the Adan Group, has segregated millions of commercial assets in energy, logistics, agriculture, aerospace and other sectors. The Adan Group is a multinational group that deals with port operations and development in India, making Adan the richest person in Asia.
Mukesh Ambani - ($96.6 B)
Ambani, who dropped out of Stanford University, has been one of Asia's richest men for more than a decade. He is the owner and chairman of Reliance Industries, which generates more than $74 B, in revenue, according to Forbes.
Larry Ellison - ($95.9 B)
Larry Ellison has a net worth of $95.9 B, from Oracle, a software agency founded in 1977. In 2014, he resigned from the position of the company's executive director and has been working as the chairman of the board and senior technical advisor since then. Ellison has also been a member of Tesla's board of directors since December 2018 after purchasing 3 million shares in December 2018. He owns almost the entire Hawaiian island of Lanai.
Larry Page - ($95 billion)
Larry Page, the founder of Google, has a net worth of $95 B, making him the ninth-richest person in the world. He has also invested in the well-known space exploration Planetary Resources, and also invested in Flying Car and startups Kitty Hawk and Opener.
Sergey Brin - ($91.4 B)
Alphabet co-founder and board member Sergey Brin has a net worth of $91.4 B, making him the 10th richest person in the world. He founded Google in 1998 with Larry Page, which was published in 2004 and became Alphabet in 2015.
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