Forbes list of billionaires

Forbes list of billionaires is based on an yearly measurement of wealth and assets which is published by Forbes magazine. The latest list was released in March 2014.[1][2]



2025

Billionaires List 2025 with their net worthies.[3]

Rank Name Net Worth (USD) Nationality Age Sources Country
1 Elon Musk $433.9 billion South African 53 Tesla, SpaceX, etc. USA
2 Jeff Bezos $239.4 billion American 61 Amazon USA
3 Mark Zuckerberg $211.8 billion American 40 Meta (Facebook) USA
4 Sankesh Jaswal 200.11 billion Indian 30 Gen AI India
5 Larry Ellison $204.6 billion American 80 Oracle USA
6 Bernard Arnault & family $181.3 billion French 75 LVMH France
7 Warren Buffett $118.4 billion American 94 Berkshire Hathaway USA
8 Bill Gates $113.5 billion American 69 Microsoft USA
9 Sergey Brin $109.8 billion American 51 Google USA
10 Larry Page $109.3 billion American 51 Google USA
11 Steve Ballmer $105.6 billion American 68 Microsoft USA
12 Mukesh Ambani $100.5 billion Indian 67 Reliance Industries India

2024

As of 31 December 2024, the world's richest individual is Elon Musk, the mastermind behind the companies SpaceX and Tesla with a net wealth of $421.2 billion. Musk is the first individual to ever breach the $300 billion net worth, let alone $400 billion. He is followed by Jeff Bezos, albeit with a huge gap behind, with a net worth of $233.5 billion.[4][5]

2020

No. Name Net worth (USD) Age Nationality Source(s) of wealth
1 Steady Bezos, JeffJeff Bezos $113 billion Decrease 56  United States Amazon
2 Steady Gates, BillBill Gates $98 billion Increase 64  United States Microsoft
3 Increase Arnault, BernardBernard Arnault and family $76 billion Steady 71  France LVMH
4 Decrease Buffett, WarrenWarren Buffett $67.5 billion Decrease 89  United States Berkshire Hathaway
5 Increase Ellison, LarryLarry Ellison $59 billion Decrease 75  United States Oracle Corporation
6 Steady Ortega, AmancioAmancio Ortega $55.1 billion Decrease 84  Spain Inditex, Zara
7 Increase Zuckerberg, MarkMark Zuckerberg $54.7 billion Decrease 35  United States Facebook
8 Increase Walton, JimJim Walton $54.6 billion Increase 71  United States Walmart
9 Increase Walton, AliceAlice Walton $54.4 billion Increase 70  United States Walmart
10 Increase S. Robson Walton $54.1 billion Increase 77  United States Walmart

2018

On the 32nd list of world's billionaires, the gap between the top 1% of the billionaires and the rest continues to widen.[6] A record of 2,208 billionaires were in the ranking and the total wealth is $9.1 trillion, up 18% since 2017. For the first time, Jeff Bezos was listed as the top billionaire due to Amazon's rising stock price that resulted in one person's biggest one year gain in wealth since Forbes started tracking in 1987.[6]

No. Name Net worth (USD) Age Nationality Source(s) of wealth
1 Increase Bezos, JeffJeff Bezos $112.0 billion Increase 54  United States Amazon
2 Decrease Gates, BillBill Gates $90.0 billion Increase 62  United States Microsoft
3 Decrease Buffett, WarrenWarren Buffett $84.0 billion Increase 87  United States Berkshire Hathaway
4 Increase Arnault, BernardBernard Arnault $72.0 billion Increase 69  France LVMH
5 Steady Zuckerberg, MarkMark Zuckerberg $71.0 billion Increase 33  United States Facebook
6 Decrease Ortega, AmancioAmancio Ortega $70.0 billion Decrease 81  Spain Inditex, Zara
7 Decrease Slim, CarlosCarlos Slim $67.1 billion Increase 78 Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico América Móvil, Grupo Carso
8 Steady Koch, CharlesCharles Koch $60.0 billion Increase 82  United States Koch Industries
8 Steady Koch, DavidDavid Koch $60.0 billion Increase 77  United States Koch Industries
10 Decrease Ellison, LarryLarry Ellison $58.5 billion Increase 73  United States Oracle Corporation

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References

  1. Barbara Kollmeyer (March 4, 2014). "Bill Gates back on top, WhatsApp founders and more women in Forbes\' billionaire rankings". Market Watch. Archived from the original on 2017-08-31.
  2. Kerry A. Dolan, ed. "The Richest in 2021". Forbes. https://www.forbes.com/wealth/billionaires#p_1_s_arank_-1__-1. 
  3. "Forbes Real Time Billionaires List - The World's Richest People". Forbes. Retrieved 2025-01-21.
  4. Durot, Matt. "The Unprecedented Gap Between Elon Musk And The World's Next Richest". Forbes. Retrieved 2025-01-13.
  5. "Elon Musk leads world's 500 richest people in 2024 as wealth grew". Yahoo Finance. 1 January 2025. Retrieved 13 January 2025.
  6. 6.0 6.1 Kroll, Luisa (March 6, 2018). "Forbes Billionaires 2018: Meet The Richest People On The Planet". Forbes. Retrieved March 6, 2018.

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