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- Here are the 44 new members of The Forbes 400 (net worths are as of September 3, 2021)
- Miriam Adelson. Net Worth: $30.4 billion. Source of wealth: Casinos. Adelson inherited her late husband’s 57% stake in Las Vegas Sands, the publicly traded gambling empire with casinos in Singapore and Macau, after his death in January.
- Sam Bankman-Fried. Net Worth: $22.5 billion. Source of wealth: Cryptocurrency. The 29-year-old MIT grad owes most of his $22.5 billion fortune to his stake in the cryptocurrency derivatives exchange FTX—which he cofounded in 2019—and his share of its FTT tokens.
- Jeff Yass. Net Worth: $12 billion. Source of wealth: Trading, investments. The former pro gambler joins The Forbes 400 thanks to his stake in trading firm Susquehanna International Group, which he cofounded in 1987 and built into one of the most successful firms on Wall Street.
- Bernard Arnault & family. $194.8 B 72 France.
- Jeff Bezos. $193.4 B 57 United States.
- Elon Musk. $153.2 B 49 United States.
- Bill Gates. $126.8 B 65 United States.
- Residence: Seattle
- Residence: Austin, Texas
- Residence: Medina, Washington
- Residence: Palo Alto, California
- Residence: Omaha
- Residence: Lanai, Hawaii
- Residence: Los Altos, California
- Residence: Hunts Point, Washington
- Residence: Fort Worth, Texas
Bezos is the world’s wealthiest person for the fourth straight year, despite temporarily losing that title to Elon Musk in January. The 57-year-old Amazon founder is stepping down as CEO later in 2021. He currently owns just under 11% of the tech giant’s stock.
The Tesla CEO’s fortune jumped by 514%—(yes, $126.4 billion!) since March 2020 (when Forbesfinalized the 2020 billionaires list), thanks to a soaring private market valuation for his space exploration company SpaceX and even loftier public market enthusiasm for Tesla stock.
The Microsoft cofounder’s charitable foundation has given or pledged more than $1.75 billion toward Covid-19 relief, with much of it spent on the mass production and management of medical supplies.
Continued congressional scrutiny and advertising boycotts have yet to dent Zuckerberg’s fortune. Facebook shares rose 80% over the past year, making Zuckerberg more than $42 billion richer than he was a year ago.
Berkshire Hathaway’s 90-year-old chairman and CEO is $28.5 billion richer than last year, despite giving $2.9 billion worth of Berkshire Hathaway stock to charitable foundations in July 2020, thanks to a 36% rise in Berkshire stock. Still his gains were outpaced by others. Buffett is the world’s No. 6 richest this year. It’s the first time since 19...
The Silicon Valley titan moved to Hawaii during the pandemic. Software giant Oracle, meanwhile, which he cofounded in 1977, has relocated its headquarters from the Bay Area to Texas.
Page and Brin, who founded Google in 1998, continue to serve as board members of its parent company, Alphabet but otherwise maintain low profiles. Google was under fire in Australia earlier this year for what critics say is the search engine’s role in weakening the media there.
The former Microsoft CEO’s fortune has climbed by $16 billion since last year as a result of the uptick in Microsoft’s share price. On the philanthropy front, Ballmer and his wife, Connie, donated $54 million to Covid-19 relief efforts in 2020.
Walton and her siblings, with other family members, collectively own about half of the world’s largest retailer, Walmart. The company’s stock is up more than 5% since last year’s list, thanks in part to efforts to boost online sales to compete with Amazon Prime.
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Mar 9, 2021 · Over the third quarter of 2021, Tesla net income topped $1.6 billion—a company record. This surge helped the entrepreneur become the first person to cross the $300 billion net worth threshold. Yet once again, Musk surpassed Jeff Bezos as the richest person in the world.
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