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Forbes' Real-Time Billionaires rankings tracks the daily ups and downs of the world’s richest people. The wealth-tracking platform provides ongoing updates on the net worth and ranking of...
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Jul 4, 2024 · In 2022, roughly 2.82 billion adults worldwide had a net worth of less than 10,000 U.S. dollars. By comparison, 69.4 million adults had a net worth of more than one million U.S. dollars...
- Elon Musk: $277 billion (+$121 billion) BRITTA PEDERSEN | AFP | Getty Images. The Tesla co-founder, who this year changed his title from CEO to "Technoking of Tesla" in a March regulatory filing, has enjoyed a massive wealth increase thanks to the rapid growth of his electric automaker.
- Jeff Bezos: $195 billion (+$5 billion) Blue Origin and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. Mandel Ngan | AFP | Getty Images. The former world's richest man did not add nearly as much to his net worth as Musk, but Bezos is still leaving 2021 with $5 billion more than he entered it with.
- Bernard Arnault: $176 billion (+$61 billion) NICHOLAS KAMM | AFP | Getty Images. The CEO of luxury goods conglomerate LVMH, which owns brands such as Louis Vuitton, Christian Dior and Givenchy, added $61 billion to his net worth in 2021.
- Bill Gates: $139 billion (+$7 billion) Chesnot | Getty Images News | Getty Images. Despite giving away tens of billions of dollars over the past few decades, Gates' wealth continues to grow, thanks in part to the strong performance of shares of Microsoft, the company he co-founded and still owns about 1% of.
1 day ago · The Bloomberg Billionaires Index is a daily ranking of the world’s richest people. Details about the calculations are provided in the net worth analysis on each billionaire’s profile page.
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This year there are four people worth $100 billion or more—up from just one (Bezos) on last year’s list. Besides Bezos, Musk and Arnault, there’s Bill Gates, who ranks No. 4 at $124 billion, buoyed by the strength of shares he owns in Microsoft, Canadian National Railway and tractor maker Deere & Company. Rounding out the top five is Facebook found...
TheU.S. still has more billionaires than any other country, with 724 worth (up from 614 last year). China is closing the gap with 698 (including 71 from Hong Kong and 1 from Macao). Last year the U.S. had 614 billionaires and China had 456 (including 66 from Hong Kong and 1 Macao). As a result of the gains in China, Beijing is home to more billiona...
A record 1,975 billionaires are self-made, up from 1,457 last year. That equates to 72% of the list (vs. about 70% in 2020). It’s a marked change from the 2001 list of billionaires, when 49% of the total 565 billionaires were self-made. Forbesuses the term “self-made” as a contrast to “inherited” and “inherited & growing;” it’s not meant to indicat...
One hundred and six of the list members are under 40, two-thirds of whom are self-made. The new youngest self-made billionaire is 26-year-old American Austin Russell, who dropped out of Stanford to found automotive sensor firm Luminar Technologies; he is worth $2.4 billion and ranked No. 1299. There’s a new youngest billionaire as well: 18-year-old...
Of the 493 newcomers we tracked down this year, some prominent routes to new richest stood out, including cryptocurrency, SPACs (special purpose acquisition companies), traditional IPOs and Covid-related healthcare. Sixty-one people who appeared on the 2020 list dropped off, the smallest number of drop-offs in a decade. Notable drop-offs include Ka...
There were a record 2,755 billionaires in Forbes’ 2021 list of the world’s wealthiest people—660 more than a year ago. Michael Prince for Forbes. Amazon founder Jeff Bezos remains the...
Apr 6, 2021 · The number of billionaires on Forbes’ 35th annual list of the world’s wealthiest exploded to an unprecedented 2,755—660 more than a year ago. Altogether they are worth $13.1 trillion , up from $8 trillion on the 2020 list.
