1. Elon Musk – $215.6 billion:
Elon Musk is working on innovative transportation in space with the help of electric car manufacturer Tesla and with the help of rocket manufacturer SpaceX and Earth. Elon Musk's electric car maker Tesla is now valued at nearly $800 billion and currently has a net worth of $215.6 billion. Musk's rocket company SpaceX is currently worth nearly $100 billion. Tesla became the most valuable car manufacturer in the world in October 2021 with a market capitalization of USD 800 billion.
2. Bernard Arnault & Family - $139.1 billion:
Bernard Arnault, Chairman and CEO of LVMH France, is the second richest person in the world today. His net worth is $139.13 billion after running an empire of more than 70 brands, including Louis Vuitton and Sephora. French businessman and Europe's richest man Bernard Arnault earned $100 billion in December last year.
3. Jeff Bezos - $133.4 billion:
Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos has a net worth of $133.4 billion, making him the third richest person in the world. His status remains the same after he divorced his wife Mackenzie in 2019 and gave her a quarter of her stake in Amazon. Bezos founded the giant Amazon in 1994 in a garage in Seattle. The e-commerce giant has taken advantage of this coronavirus pandemic and more people are shopping online.
4. Bill Gates – $122.4 billion:
Bill Gates, co-founder of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, has a net worth of $122.4 billion. After Bill Gates co-founded the software giant Microsoft with Paul Allen, he sold most of the company's shares, keeping only 1% of the company and investing the rest in stocks and other assets. Bill Gates has joined the $100 billion club after Microsoft shares soared after earnings last April. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is the largest private charitable foundation in the world.
5. Warren Buffet – $100.9 billion:
Warren Buffett, known as the Trust of Omaha, is considered one of the most successful investors in history. It is managed by Berkshire Hathaway, which owns more than 60 companies, including the famous Geico Insurance, Duracell and Dairy Queen Restaurant. His net worth is $100.9 billion. The son of a US congressman bought his first stock at the age of 11.
6. Gautam Adani and family – $97.2 billion:
Adani Group promoter Gautam Adani has spread his multi-million fortune into energy, logistics, agriculture, aviation and other sectors. The Adani Group is an Indian multinational port and development conglomerate that makes Adani the richest man in Asia.
7. Mukesh Ambani – $96.6 billion:
Ambani, who dropped out of Stanford, 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 billion in revenue, according to Forbes.
8. Larry Ellison - $95.9 billion:
Larry Ellison has a net worth of $95.9 billion in Oracle, a software company founded in 1977. The company. Ellison has also been a member of Tesla's board of directors since December 2018 and bought 3 million shares earlier that year. He owns almost the entire island of Lanai in Hawaii.
9. Larry Page – $95.0 billion:
Google co-founder Larry Page is the ninth richest person in the world with a net worth of $95 billion. He also invested in the well-known space exploration company Planetary Resources and also funded Flying Car, Kitty Hawk and Opener startups.
10. Sergey Brin – $91.4 billion:
Alphabet co-founder and board member Sergey Brin has a net worth of $91.4 billion, ranking him in tenth place.
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