The Top World’s Wealthiest People 2022

Here is the latest list of the world’s top 25 wealthiest persons:

Elon Musk: $278.4 billion - Elon Musk cofounded six companies including electric carmaker Tesla, rocket producer SpaceX and tunneling startup Boring Company.
Bernard Arnault & family: $170.3 billion - Bernard Arnault oversees the LVMH empire of some 70 fashion and cosmetics brands, including Louis Vuitton and Sephora.
Jeff Bezos: $165.1 billion - Jeff Bezos founded e-commerce giant Amazon in 1994 out of his garage in Seattle. He stepped down as CEO to become executive chairman in July 2021.
Gautam Adani & family: $131.5 billion - Infrastructure tycoon Gautam Adani controls Mundra Port, India's largest, in his home state of Gujarat.
Larry Ellison: $107.6 billion - Larry Ellison is chairman, chief technology officer and cofounder of software giant Oracle, of which he owns about 35%.
Bill Gates: $107.0 billion - Bill Gates turned his fortune from software firm Microsoft into diversified holdings, including investments zero-carbon energy.
Warren Buffett: $102.5 billion - Known as the "Oracle of Omaha," Warren Buffett is one of the most successful investors of all time.
Larry Page: $101.5 billion - Larry Page stepped down as CEO of Alphabet, the parent of Google, in December 2019 but remains a board member and a controlling shareholder.
Sergey Brin: $97.6 billion - Sergey Brin stepped down as president of Alphabet, parent company of Google, in December 2019 but remains a controller shareholder and a board member.
Mukesh Ambani: $94.5 billion - Mukesh Ambani chairs and runs $74 billion (revenue) Reliance Industries, which has interests in petrochemicals, oil and gas, telecom and retail.
Steve Ballmer: $92.0 billion - Steve Ballmer is the high-wattage former CEO of Microsoft, who led the company from 2000 to 2014.
Carlos slim Helu & family: $80.7 billion - Mexico's richest man, Carlos Slim Helu and his family, control América Móvil, Latin America's biggest mobile telecom firm.
Michael Bloomberg: $76.8 billion - Michael Bloomberg cofounded financial information and media company Bloomberg LP in 1981.
Francoise Bettencourt Meyers & family: $74.8 billion - Francoise Bettencourt Meyers, the granddaughter of the founder of L'Oreal, is the richest woman in the world.
Zhong Shanshan: $70.7 billion - Zhong Shanshan chairs Nongfu Spring, a bottled water company, which listed its shares in Hong Kong in September 2020.
Jim Walton: $62.0 billion - Jim Walton is the youngest son of Walmart founder Sam Walton.
Alice Walton: $61.1 billion - Alice Walton is the only daughter of Walmart founder Sam Walton.
Rob Walton: $60.8 billion - Rob Walton is the eldest son of Walmart founder Sam Walton.
Mark Zuckerberg: $60.8 billion - Facebook, the social network Zuckerberg runs, has been an information hub during the pandemic, but has come under scrutiny for spreading vaccine misinformation.
Amancio Ortega: $60.4 billion - Amancio Ortega of Spain is one of the wealthiest clothing retailers in the world.
Charles Koch: $56.6 billion - Charles Koch has been chairman and CEO of Koch Industries, America's largest private company by revenue, since 1967.
Julia Koch & family: $56.6 billion - Julia Koch and her three children inherited a 42% stake in Koch Industries from her husband, David, who died in August 2019 at age 79.
Michael dell: $53.2 billion - Michael Dell is the chairman and CEO of Dell Technologies, which was formed in 2016 when Dell merged with computer storage giant EMC
David Thomson & family: $51.7 billion - David Thomson and his family control a media and publishing empire founded by his grandfather Roy Thomson.
Zhang Yiming: $49.5 billion - Zhang Yiming is the founder of ByteDance, one of China's largest media content platforms; he was formerly the company's CEO and chairman.