Forbes list of billionaires

annual ranking by net worth by Forbes magazine
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Forbes list of billionaires is based on an yearly measurement of wealth and assets which is published by Forbes magazine. The latest list was released in March 2014.[1][2]

Billionaires List 2025 with their net worthies.[3]

Rank Name Net Worth (USD) Nationality Age Sources Country
1 Elon Musk $433.9 billion South African 53 Tesla, SpaceX, etc. USA
2 Jeff Bezos $239.4 billion American 61 Amazon USA
3 Mark Zuckerberg $211.8 billion American 40 Meta (Facebook) USA
4 Sankesh Jaswal 200.11 billion Indian 30 Gen AI India
5 Larry Ellison $204.6 billion American 80 Oracle USA
6 Bernard Arnault & family $181.3 billion French 75 LVMH France
7 Warren Buffett $118.4 billion American 94 Berkshire Hathaway USA
8 Bill Gates $113.5 billion American 69 Microsoft USA
9 Sergey Brin $109.8 billion American 51 Google USA
10 Larry Page $109.3 billion American 51 Google USA
11 Steve Ballmer $105.6 billion American 68 Microsoft USA
12 Mukesh Ambani $100.5 billion Indian 67 Reliance Industries India

As of 31 December 2024, the world's richest individual is Elon Musk, the mastermind behind the companies SpaceX and Tesla with a net wealth of $421.2 billion. Musk is the first individual to ever breach the $300 billion net worth, let alone $400 billion. He is followed by Jeff Bezos, albeit with a huge gap behind, with a net worth of $233.5 billion.[4][5]

No. Name Net worth (USD) Age Nationality Source(s) of wealth
1   Jeff Bezos $113 billion   56   United States Amazon
2   Bill Gates $98 billion   64   United States Microsoft
3   Bernard Arnault and family $76 billion   71   France LVMH
4   Warren Buffett $67.5 billion   89   United States Berkshire Hathaway
5   Larry Ellison $59 billion   75   United States Oracle Corporation
6   Amancio Ortega $55.1 billion   84   Spain Inditex, Zara
7   Mark Zuckerberg $54.7 billion   35   United States Facebook
8   Jim Walton $54.6 billion   71   United States Walmart
9   Alice Walton $54.4 billion   70   United States Walmart
10   S. Robson Walton $54.1 billion   77   United States Walmart


On the 32nd list of world's billionaires, the gap between the top 1% of the billionaires and the rest continues to widen.[6] A record of 2,208 billionaires were in the ranking and the total wealth is $9.1 trillion, up 18% since 2017. For the first time, Jeff Bezos was listed as the top billionaire due to Amazon's rising stock price that resulted in one person's biggest one year gain in wealth since Forbes started tracking in 1987.[6]

No. Name Net worth (USD) Age Nationality Source(s) of wealth
1   Jeff Bezos $112.0 billion   54   United States Amazon
2   Bill Gates $90.0 billion   62   United States Microsoft
3   Warren Buffett $84.0 billion   87   United States Berkshire Hathaway
4   Bernard Arnault $72.0 billion   69   France LVMH
5   Mark Zuckerberg $71.0 billion   33   United States Facebook
6   Amancio Ortega $70.0 billion   81   Spain Inditex, Zara
7   Carlos Slim $67.1 billion   78   Mexico América Móvil, Grupo Carso
8   Charles Koch $60.0 billion   82   United States Koch Industries
8   David Koch $60.0 billion   77   United States Koch Industries
10   Larry Ellison $58.5 billion   73   United States Oracle Corporation

References

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  1. Barbara Kollmeyer (March 4, 2014). "Bill Gates back on top, WhatsApp founders and more women in Forbes\' billionaire rankings". Market Watch. Archived from the original on 2017-08-31.
  2. Kerry A. Dolan; Jennifer Wang; Chase Peterson-Withorn (eds.). "The Richest in 2021". Forbes.
  3. "Forbes Real Time Billionaires List - The World's Richest People". Forbes. Retrieved 2025-01-21.
  4. Durot, Matt. "The Unprecedented Gap Between Elon Musk And The World's Next Richest". Forbes. Retrieved 2025-01-13.
  5. "Elon Musk leads world's 500 richest people in 2024 as wealth grew". Yahoo Finance. 1 January 2025. Retrieved 13 January 2025.
  6. 6.0 6.1 Kroll, Luisa (March 6, 2018). "Forbes Billionaires 2018: Meet The Richest People On The Planet". Forbes. Retrieved March 6, 2018.

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