Top 10 Richest Person in The World
In the stimulation and rush of a driven, ambitious, entrepreneurial society, there stood a different breed of men who were able to build unbeatable fortunes.
Unwaveringly, these visionaries rose from the echelons of success to the highest rank, raising themselves to elite positions that join the world's richest people.
| S.N. | Name | Company | Net worth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Elon Musk | Tesla,SpaceX | $218 billion |
| 2 | Jeff Bezos | Amazon | $215 billion |
| 3 | Bernard Arnault | LVMH | $199 billion |
| 4 | Mark Zuckerberg | $179 billion | |
| 5 | Larry Page | $161 billion | |
| 6 | Bill Gates | Microsoft | $157 billion |
| 7 | Steve Ballmer | Los Angles Clippers | $154 billion |
| 8 | Larry Ellison | Oracle | $154 billion |
| 9 | Sergey Brin | $152 billion | |
| 10 | Warren Buffett | Berkshire Hathaway | $129 billion |
1.Elon MuskAge:53 Residence:USA Co-Founder & CEO:Tesla Net Worth:$218 billion
Elon Musk is the richest man in the world. Born in South Africa, he went to university in Canada, before transferring to the University of Pennsylvania, where he gained bachelor's degrees in physics and economics.
2. Jeff BezosAge:60 Residence:USA Founder & Chairman:Amazon Net Worth:$215 billion
Jeff Bezos decided to give up his role as CEO of the ecommerce powerhouse Amazon while still maintaining his position as chairman. During the same month, he embarked on a space voyage aboard a rocket developed by Blue Origin, a private space exploration company he established and generously funded with billions of dollars
3.Bernard ArnaultAge:75 Residence:France CEO & Chairman:LVMH Net Worth:$199 billion
French national Bernard Arnault chairs and is CEO of LVMH, the world's largest luxury goods company. Brands include Louis Vuitton, Hennessey, Marc Jacobs, and Sephora.
4.Mark ZuckerbergAge:40 Residence:USA CEO & Chairman:Meta Founder:Facebook Net Worth:$179 billion
Mark Zuckerberg, co-founder and Chief Executive of Meta Platforms, began operating its flagship social media platform Facebook in 2004 at just 19. He was studying computer science and psychology at Harvard University. Facebook was developed to pair students living on campus based on their names and photos it established 2006
5.Larry PageAge:51 Residence:USA Co-Founder:Alphabet (Google) Net Worth:$161 billion
Like many of the tech billionaires on this list, Larry Page launched his way toward fame and fortune from a college dorm room. Back in 1995, while studying at Stanford University, Page and his buddy Sergey Brin conceived a notion for enhancing Internet data extraction. These two students developed a new technology for search engines they called Backrub, due to its capability for ranking links to a page. From there, Page and Brin attended Stanford Graduate School to pursue their master's degrees in computer science. They left in 1998 to found Google with Page as the CEO until 2001 and again from 2011 to 2019. Google remains the most pervasive Internet search engine worldwide, with upwards of over 92% of all worldwide search requests. It bought YouTube in 2006, a website that hosts the largest number of user-submitted videos globally.
6.Bill GatesAge:68 Residence:USA Co-Founder:Microsoft Net Worth:$157 billion
While attending Harvard University in 1975, Bill Gates went to work alongside his childhood friend Paul Allen to develop new software for the original microcomputers. Following this project’s success, Gates dropped out of Harvard during his junior year and founded Microsoft with Allen. The largest software company in the world, Microsoft, also produces a line of personal computers, provides email services through its exchange server, and sells video game systems and associated game devices. It has recently invested heavily in cloud services.
7.Steve BollmerAge:68 Residence:USA Owner:Los Angles Clippers Net Worth:$154 billion
Steve Ballmer was a classmate of mine at Harvard University and went on to be the CEO at Microsoft from 2000 through 2014. He joined Microsoft in 1980 after dropping out of Stanford University's MBA course as their 30th employee. In the same year, former Microsoft employee Ballmer purchased the Los Angeles Clippers basketball club for a record price of $2 billion as well, beating the highest price paid so far among the NBA teams.
8.Larry EllisonAge:79 Residence:USA Co-Founder: Oracle Net Worth: $154 billion
Larry Ellison co-founded Oracle— softhware house—in 1977. He remained the CEO of the company till 2014. Today he is an executive chairman and Chief Technology Officer of the same company. In 2012, Ellison was under great pubilicity when he bought a Hawaiian island named Lanai. The island cost him $300 million. Ellison has invested in Salesforce.com, NetSuite, Quark Biotechnology Inc.
9.Sergey BrinAge:50 Residence:USA Co-Founder:Alphabet (Google) Net Worth:$152 billion
Along with his fellow Ph.D. Student at Stanford, Larry Page, Sergey Brin was a cofounder of the search engine Google in 1998. He was born in Russia and initially held the position of president of technology but later came to oversee special projects, such as Google Glass—a wearable device featuring voice-activated "smart glasses." Sergey Brin is currently a portfolio member of Alphabet, the holding company of Google, and retains a significant stake in and control of Google.
10.Warren BuffettAge:93 Residence:USA CEO: Berkshire Hathaway Net Worth:$129 billion
Warren Buffett is known to the investment world as the "Oracle of Omaha," and he happens to be one of the most prosperous investors in history. He chairs an investment conglomerate called Berkshire Hathaway, with a heterogenous investment portfolio that encompasses companies, insurance provider Geico, Duracell, a manufacturer of batteries, Apple, Nu Holdings, and restaurant chain Dairy Queen.
