Top 10 richest people in the world.
The list of the world's richest persons can vary from year to year, depending on their latest net worth and financial performance. Here is the latest list of the world's top 10 richest persons, based on the real-time Bloomberg billionaires Index of September 16, 2022, and some interesting facts about each of them.
· Elon Musk
· Jeff Bezos
· Gautam Adani and family
· Bernard Arnault & Family
· Bill Gates
Elon Musk - $264 billion.
Personal Stats
Age 51
Source of Wealth Tesla, SpaceX, Self-Made
Self-Made Score 8
Residence Austin, Texas
Citizenship United States
Marital Status in Relationship
Children 10
Education Bachelor of Arts/Science, University of Pennsylvania
Elon Musk is working to revolutionize transportation both on Earth, through electric car maker 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 $264 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.
Jeff Bezos - $150 billion.
Personal Stats
Age 58
Source of Wealth Amazon, Self-Made
Self-Made Score 8
Residence Medina, Washington
Citizenship United States
Marital Status in Relationship
Children 4
Education Bachelor of Arts/Science, Princeton University
Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos has a net worth of $150 billion and ranks as the second richest person on the earth today. His position remains the same even after divorcing his wife Mackenzie in 2019 and transferring a quarter of his stake in Amazon to her. Bezos founded the behemoth 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.
Gautam Adani and family - $149 billion.
Personal Stats
Age 60
Source of Wealth Infrastructure, commodities, Self-Made
Residence Ahmedabad, India
Citizenship India
Marital Status Married
Children 2
The promoter of the Adani Group, Gautam Adani has segregated his multi-million business fortune into energy, logistics, agriculture, aerospace, and other sectors. The Adani Group is a multinational conglomerate dealing with port operations and developments in India, making Adani the richest man in Asia.
Bernard Arnault & Family - $139 billion.
Personal Stats
Age 73
Source of Wealth LVMH
Residence Paris, France
Citizenship France
Marital Status Married
Children 5
Education Bachelor of Arts/Science, Ecole Polytechnique de Paris
LVMH – France Chairman and CEO Bernard Arnault is the fourth richest person on the earth today. His net worth is $139 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 a $100 billion fortune last year in December.
Bill Gates - $113 billion.
Personal Stats
Age 66
Source of Wealth Microsoft, Self-Made
Self-Made Score 8
Residence Medina, Washington
Citizenship United States
Marital Status Divorced
Children 3
Education Drop Out, Harvard University
The co-founder of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Bill Gates has a net worth of $113 billion. Having founded the software giant Microsoft along with Paul Allen, Bill Gates eventually sold away much of his stake 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's share price surged post-earnings. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is the world’s largest private charitable foundation.
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