Who is the wealthiest person in the world today?
Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and LVMH CEO Bernard Arnault have traded the crown several times in the past two years.
Forbes’ list of the world’s wealthiest people is a mix of technology and business moguls. The magazine began cataloging the 400 richest Americans in 1982 with the Forbes 400 and billionaires all over the globe in 1987. The current iteration includes the person’s net worth, a philanthropy score and a self-made score. Both George Soros and Rihanna have self-made scores of 10, citing how they worked their way into undefined
Who is the richest person in the world?
Elon Musk is the richest person in the world with an approximate net worth of $222 billion as of early August. Musk is the founder of SpaceX and The Boring Company and co-founder of PayPal and brain technology company Neuralink among other companies.
Billionaires’ net worths change every day due to fluctuations in the stock market. According to Forbes’ Real-Time Billionaires List, here’s where the world’s wealthiest stand in August 2024:
-
Elon Musk
Jeff Bezos
Mark Zuckerberg
Bernard Arnault and family
Larry Ellison
Warren Buffett
Larry Page
Bill Gates
Sergey Brin
Steve Ballmer
What about the richest rapper?Here’s who takes the crown
What is Jeff Bezos’ net worth?
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has a net worth of approximately $186 billion as of August 2024. He is currently the second richest person in the world. Bezos also owns The Washington Post and Blue Origin, an aerospace company that develops rockets.
Get the Daily Briefing newsletter in your inbox.
The day’s top stories, from sports to movies to politics to world events.
What is Bill Gates’ net worth?
Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates has a net worth of approximately $130 billion and clocks in as the eighth richest person in the world.
He is also the co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. With his ex-wife and businessman Warren Buffett, Gates created Giving Pledge, a charitable campaign asking America’s wealthiest people to donate at least half of their wealth to charity.
What is Mark Zuckerberg’s net worth?
Mark Zuckerberg is currently the third richest person in the world with a net worth of approximately $18079 billion. He started Facebook in 2004 when he was 19 years old and is now the co-founder of Meta, which now owns Facebook, Instagram, Threads and WhatsApp.
Just Curious for more? We’ve got you covered
USA TODAY is exploring the questions you and others ask every day. From “What is the richest country in the world?” to “Who was the richest person to ever live?” to “How to buy stock”, we’re striving to find answers to the most common questions you ask every day. Head to our Just Curious section to see what else we can answer for you.
News
After years of rumors and one unforgettable collab, Eminem x P!nk just sent shockwaves through the music world — a 2026 World Tour kicking off in London
SOMETHING BIG IS COMING… 🚨After years of rumors and one unforgettable collab, Eminem x P!nk just sent shockwaves through the music world — a 2026 World Tour kicking off in London 🇬🇧. But here’s what’s got fans losing sleep: the setlist leak hints at unreleased tracks, mysterious titles like “Glass Hearts” and “After…
MISSING FOR 10 DAYS: Oakland café owner Amy Hillyard, 52, vanished during what should have been a routine afternoon walk on March 25. Police are now combing through over 50 security cameras in the neighborhood — searching for the moment she disappeared down a quiet street… wearing the same tan jacket seen in the last sighting
Latest update on search for missing Oakland coffee shop owner Amy Hillyard: ‘Combing through hours of tapes’ An update was provided Saturday afternoon in the search for missing coffee shop owner Amy Hillyard, who was last seen more than a…
THE 30-SECOND RADIO CALL: KENWOOD BUS CRASH TIMELINE GETS A NEW DETAIL. 🚌📻 Emergency radio logs reportedly show the first call about the Highway 70 crash came less than 30 seconds after impact. Witnesses say the bus had already drifted across the center line before anyone understood what was happening. Now investigators are looking closely at what happened inside the bus just before that call was made
On March 27, 2026, shortly before noon on Highway 70 near Cedar Grove in Carroll County, Tennessee, a Clarksville-Montgomery County Schools (CMCSS) bus carrying 24 eighth-grade students and five adults from Kenwood Middle School drifted across the double yellow lines….
THE “NO BRAKE” QUESTION: NEW DASHCAM FROM THE KENWOOD BUS CRASH IS GOING VIRAL. 🚌📹 Parents reviewing the Highway 70 footage say they can’t see any brake lights before the impact. Instead, the bus appears to glide across the center line. Crash analysts now say that one detail could change the entire timeline of the tragedy
On March 27, 2026, a Clarksville-Montgomery County Schools (CMCSS) bus carrying 24 eighth-graders and five adults from Kenwood Middle School was traveling on Highway 70 near Cedar Grove in Carroll County, Tennessee. The students were excited for a STEM field…
THE 7:58 MYSTERY: KENWOOD BUS DASHCAM CAPTURES A MOMENT THAT INVESTIGATORS CAN’T IGNORE. 🚌📹 The footage shows the school bus slowly drifting across the double yellow lines on Highway 70 — no sudden braking, no sharp correction. Seconds later, the crash happens. Now experts say those final moments may reveal something the original reports never explained
On March 27, 2026, shortly before noon, a Clarksville-Montgomery County Schools (CMCSS) bus carrying 24 eighth-grade students and five adults from Kenwood Middle School traveled along Highway 70 near Cedar Grove in Carroll County, Tennessee. The group was heading to…
HEROIC FATHER’S FINAL MOMENTS Ryan Jennings, a father from Maine, died saving his children from a rip current during a family vacation in Florida — but his final goodbye words left everyone in stunned silence👇👇
Heroic Maine father dies saving his children from rip current during Florida family vacation A heroic father from Maine was killed while he rescued two of his children who were caught in a strong rip current during a family trip…
End of content
No more pages to load
