Top 5 Richest People in 2021

1. Jeff Bezos 

● Age: 57year old
● Residence: Seattle Washington
● Founder and Chairman: Amazon Website (AMZN)
● Net Worth: $178 billion
● Amazon Ownership Stake: 11.5% ($175 billion)
● Other Assets: Blue Origin ($7.18 billion private assets).
Although Amazon.com originally started selling books, it has since begun to operate as a single store for everything under the sun and is the largest retailer globally. In any case, it is difficult to refute its claim to be "the world's largest customer company."

2. Elon Musk 

● Age: 49years old
● Residence: Austin, Texas
● Founder and CEO: Tesla (TSLA)
● Net Worth: $160 billion
● Tesla Ownership Stake: 25% ($114 billions)
● Other Assets: Space Exploration Technologies ($30 billion private assets) and The Boring Company ($105 million private assets)
Elon Musk has been involved in various companies over the years.
In 2004, Musk became a major supporter of Tesla Motors (now Tesla), which led to his being declared cofounder and position as chief executive of the electric car company.

3. Bernard Arnault 

● Age: 72years old
● Residence: Sydney Paris
● CEO and Chair: LVMH (LVMUY)
● Net Worth: $160 billion
● Christian Dior Ownership Stake: 98.5% ($110 billions)
● Other Assets: Moelis & Company equity ($21.4 billion of public assets).
France Bernard Arnault is the chairman and CEO of LVMH, the world's largest luxury goods company.
Armed with training, Arnault's business chops appeared while working for his father's construction company, Ferret-Savinel, which he was to manage in 1971.

4. Bill Gates

● Age: 65years old
● Residence: Medina, Washington
● Cofounder: Microsoft Corporation. (MSFT)
● Net Worth: $135 billion
● Microsoft Ownership Stake: 1.3% ($25.8 billion)
● Other Assets: Canadian National Railway equity ($12.8 billion public assets), John Deere equity ($12.8 billion public investment), Republic Services equity ($11.1 billion public support),  and $57.2 billion in cash
While studying at Harvard University in 1975, Bill Gates went to work with his childhood friend Paul Allen to develop a new microcomputer software.

In addition to being the most prominent company globally, Microsoft also produces its computer line, publishes books via Microsoft Press, provides email services through its Exchange server, and sells video game programs and related devices. Software developer Gates later resigned as chairman in 2008. He joined the board of Berkshire Hathaway in 2004 and stepped down from both boards on March 13, 2020.

5. Mark Zuckerberg 

● Age: 36years old
● Residence: Palo Alto California
● Cofounder, CEO, and Chairman of Facebook (FB) 
● Net Worth: $100 billion
● Facebook Ownership Stake: 14% ($125 billion)
● Other Assets: $2.93 billion in cash and $235 million in real estate.
Mark Zuckerberg first built Facebook with Universities friends Eduardo Saverin, Dustin Moskovitz, and Chris Hughes while studying at Harvard University in 2004.

Facebook is the world's largest social networking service, allowing its users to create a personal profile, posting images, videos and statuses, etc., connect with friends and family, join or form groups, and much more.
Since the website is free to use in all countries, most of the company's revenue is generated through showing advertising Ads. Facebook (company) is also hosted by several other brands, including the photo-sharing app Instagram, which it acquired in 2012, cross-platform service WhatsApp, and virtual-reality-headset producer Oculus.