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
Bernard Arnault and family
Larry Ellison
Larry Page
Bill Gates
Sergey Brin
Steve Ballmer
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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.
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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.
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