Bernard Arnault, head of luxury conglomerate LVMH, earned the No. 1 spot after adding $53 billion to his net worth in 2022, launching him to the top of the richest list for the first time. Here are the 10 richest people in the world as of March 2023, according to Forbes.
Who is the richest man in the world? As of June 1, 2023, the richest man in the world is Bernard Arnault, the CEO and chairman of LVMH of France; he's worth $215 billion. He moved into the number one spot after Elon Musk's fortune fell in late 2022 as shares of electric carmaker Tesla fell.
Elon Musk has reclaimed his position as the world's wealthiest person. That's according to a Bloomberg Billionaires tally, which estimated the Tesla (TSLA) CEO's net worth is now about $192 billion, compared to LVMH (LVMHF) CEO Bernard Arnault's $187 billion.
The country with the highest number of billionaires is, unsurprisingly, the US. The United States of America has 735 billionaires – same as last year, according to Forbes.
There are 337 women on the 2023 World's Billionaires list, including a familiar face as the world's wealthiest. T he reign of Françoise Bettencourt Meyers continues.
On Tuesday, Fortune reported that Arnault—founder of luxury goods conglomerate LVMH—had been overtaken in the ranking by Musk, whose net worth was boosted as Tesla shares enjoyed a major rally.
He was born into a family of considerable wealth and had a knack for technology and entrepreneurship at a young age. He wrote and sold the code for a video game when he just 12 years old. But his dreams lay on the other side of the world in America.
“Jeff Bezos.”
I t's been a bad year to be a billionaire–and not just for those who blew up their businesses or got themselves arrested. After adding trillions to their collective fortunes in 2020 and 2021, the world's richest people were rocked by 12 months of shaky stock markets, war in Europe and rampant inflation.
Currently, no one has yet claimed trillionaire status, although some of the world's richest individuals may only be a few years away from this milestone..
Tesla CEO Elon Musk, whose recent business ventures include continued negotiations to purchase Twitter for $44 billion and opening a Tesla gigafactory in Austin, could become the world's first trillionaire as early as 2024, according to a report from software company Tipalti Approve.
Overall, the population of the world's billionaires fell 3.5% in 2022, to a total of 3,194, according to Altrata. While the number of billionaires may have stabilized or even inched up slightly this year with the rising tech sector, the decline in 2022 marked the first slide since 2018, according to the report.
Jeff Bezos: The founder of Amazon, Bezos has an IQ estimated to be around 145. Mark Zuckerberg: The co-founder of Facebook, Zuckerberg has an IQ estimated to be around 152. Elon Musk: The founder of SpaceX, Tesla, Neuralink, and other companies, Musk has an IQ estimated to be around 155.
Elon Musk cofounded six companies including electric car maker Tesla, rocket producer SpaceX and tunneling startup Boring Company. According to Forbes, Elon Musk fell from number one position to the second position after his pricey acquisition of Twitter helped sink Tesla shares.
The 2021 Sunday Times Rich List estimated Rowling's fortune at £820 million, ranking her as the 196th-richest person in the UK. As of 2020, she also owns a £4.5 million Georgian house in Kensington and a £2 million home in Edinburgh.
The current richest family in the world is the Walton Family with a net worth of $173.1 billion.