1. Elon Musk - $302.1 billion
Elon Musk is working to revolutionize transportation both on Earth through electric car maker Tesla and in space through rocket maker SpaceX. Elon Musk's electric car company Tesla is now valued at nearly $800 billion and his net worth is currently $302.1 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 cap of $800 billion as of October 2021.
2. Jeff Bezos - $194.1 billion
Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos has a net worth of $194.1 billion and is now considered the second richest person in the world. His position remains unchanged after he divorced his wife MacKenzie in 2019 and gave her a quarter of his stake in Amazon. Bezos founded the giant Amazon in his Seattle garage in 1994.
3. Bernard Arnault & Family - $177.3 billion
LVMH – France Chairman and CEO Bernard Arnault is now the third richest person in the world. His net worth is $177.3 billion resulting from his business across an empire of more than 70 brands including Louis Vuitton and Sephora. French businessman and richest man in Europe, Bernard Arnault made a fortune of $100 billion last December.
4. Bill Gates - $135.6 billion
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation co-founder Bill Gates has a net worth of $135.6 billion. After co-founding software giant Microsoft with Paul Allen, Bill Gates eventually sold much of his stake in the company, keeping just a 1% stake and investing the rest in stocks and other assets. Bill Gates entered the $100 billion club last April as Microsoft's stock price soared on earnings. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is the world's largest private charitable foundation.
5. Warren Buffet - $124.8 billion
Popularly known as the Oracle of Omaha, Warren Buffett is considered one of the most successful investors of all time. He runs Berkshire Hathaway, which owns over 60 companies including the famous Geico Insurance, Duracell and the Dairy Queen Restaurant. His net worth is $124.8 billion. The son of a US congressman bought his first stock at the age of 11.
6. Larry Page - $121.0 billion
Larry Page, the co-founder of Google, has a net worth of $121 billion and is the sixth richest person in the world. He has also invested in Planetary Resources, the famous space exploration company, and also funds Flying Car, startups Kitty Hawk and Opener.
7. Larry Ellison - $118.2 billion
Larry Ellison has a net worth of $118.2 billion which he earned from Oracle, the software company he co-founded in 1977. He resigned as the company's CEO in 2014 and has since served as the company's chairman and chief technology advisor. Ellison has also been on Tesla's board of directors since December 2018 after purchasing 3 million shares earlier in the year. He owns almost the entire Hawaiian island of Lanai.
8. Sergey Brin - $116.1 billion
Alphabet co-founder and board member Sergey Brin has a net worth of $116.1 billion, which ranks him as the eighth richest person in the world. In 1998 he co-founded Google with Larry Page, which went public in 2004 and became Alphabet in 2015.
9. Gautam Adani and family - $101.7 billion.
Gautam Adani, promoter of Adani Group, has divided his multi-million dollar fortune into energy, logistics, agriculture, aerospace and other sectors. Adani Group is a multinational conglomerate engaged in port operations and development in India, making Adani the richest man in Asia.
10. Mukesh Ambani - $100.4 billion
Ambani, a Stanford dropout, has been one of Asia's richest men for over a decade. He is the owner and chairman of Reliance Industries, which has over $74 billion in revenue, according to Forbes.
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