For most of 2023, Bernard Arnault & family (LVMH) held the top spot, with Elon Musk (Tesla, SpaceX) as the second richest person on Forbes' annual list, though their positions frequently changed, with Musk reclaiming #1 in June before Arnault moved back ahead by year-end, making Arnault #2 at the very end of 2023, then Musk again at the start of 2024.
The top 10 richest persons in the world are Elon Musk, Larry Page, Jeff Bezos, Larry Ellison, Sergey Brin, Mark Zuckerberg, Bernard Arnault and Family, Jensen Huang, Warren Buffett and Amancio Ortega. All of them are billionaires and founders/investors of some of the leading companies in the world.
Elon Musk has just gotten even closer to being the first-ever trillionaire after a court reinstated his Tesla stock options worth billions. According to Forbes's billionaires index, the Tesla chief executive's net worth climbed to $749bn (£559bn) on Friday, making Musk the first person to surpass the $700bn milestone.
Elon Musk Maintains Lead as World's Richest Man in 2026 with Over $700 Billion Fortune.
By 2035, some predict there will be at least five trillionaires in the world, but no one has reached that yet. A trillionaire is someone who has accumulated a net worth of at least one trillion of their local currency.
Kim Kardashian just pulled ahead of Taylor Swift in terms of net worth — and she did it with her shapewear brand. According to Forbes, the business mogul's fortune has climbed to an estimated $1.9 billion, officially surpassing Taylor Swift's recently reported 1.6 billion net worth.
If Elon Musk is the world's first trillionare before Jan 1, 2030 then the market resolves to Yes. Outcome verified from Forbes.
Oprah Winfrey - $3.1 billion 2. Kim Kardashian - $1.7 billion 3. Taylor Swift - $1.6 billion 4. Rihanna - $1.4 billion 5.
Here are India's top 10 youngest billionaires of 2025 according to Hurun, plus the newest market-made billionaire from Groww's blockbuster IPO. At just 22 years old, Kaivalya Vohra holds the title of India's youngest billionaire.
Elon Musk has become the first person in history to surpass a $600 billion net worth, according to Forbes, a staggering rise from $24.6 billion in March 2020.
June 7. In a morning interview with NBC News on June 7, Trump stated that he did not wish to reconcile with Musk, and added that Musk would face 'very serious consequences' if he funded Democrats. Trump also mentioned having saved Musk's life during his first administration.
He co-founded Zip2, which was sold to Compaq for nearly $300 million. He then founded X.com, which later became PayPal and was sold to eBay for $1.5 billion. Musk also co-founded Tesla, which has become a leading electric car manufacturer, and SpaceX, a private aerospace manufacturer and space transportation company.
He told TIME in February 2024 that he earned between $600 and $700 million annually, and Forbes lists his 2025 earnings at $85 million. But despite those high figures, MrBeast wouldn't call himself rich.
Key Takeaways. Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, is the richest person in the world, with a net worth of $619 billion. After Musk is Larry Page, co-founder of Alphabet (Google).
Kim was officially declared a billionaire by Forbes in 2021 thanks to the unbeatable money machines known as KKW Beauty and SKIMS. Less than a year later, Forbes increased Kim's net worth to $1.7 billion thanks to a new round of funding for SKIMS.
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Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla and chairman of X (formerly known as Twitter), revealed during a guest appearance on Saturday Night Live in 2021 that he has Asperger's syndrome.
At just 27 years old, Pearl Kapur has become India's youngest billionaire with a net worth of ₹9,129 crore ($1.1 billion). His startup, Zyber 365, reached unicorn status in just three months — a rare feat in the startup world. Kapur began his journey in finance.
Based on Forbes, American singer Taylor Swift is the wealthiest female musician, with a net worth of US$1.6 billion as of 2024. Barbadian singer Rihanna became the first female musician to attain a billionaire status in 2021, with a net worth of $1.7 billion at that time.
How Arnold Schwarzenegger Became A Billionaire. Arnold Schwarzenegger has played many roles in his 76 years: bodybuilder, box office star, bureaucrat, and now billionaire.
In 2019, the magazine estimated Jenner's net worth at US$1 billion and called her the world's youngest self-made billionaire at age 21, but it turned out to be false, as Forbes revealed that Jenner and her team had deceptively forged tax-returns to create an image she was a billionaire.