Elon Musk is no longer the richest person in the world, according to Forbes. The magazine’s most recent list of the 10 richest people in the world is out and while the CEO of Tesla, SpaceX and Twitter was the richest person for most of 2022, he dropped to the number two spot in December, where he remains today.
“Forbes” new ranking has Bernard Arnault topping the list as the richest person in the world. The French CEO of luxury goods company LVMH is worth nearly $211-billion.
- Six of the 10 richest people in the world are Americans, including Jeff Bezos, Larry Ellison and Bill Gates.
- Nine of the top 10 richest people are men.
- Since so much of billionaires’ net worth is in the stocks of the company they founded, when that stock price moves, their fortunes go with it. That means the richest people change frequently.
- Larry Page and Sergey Brin, co-founders of Google, were the 8th and 10th richest in the world on February 1st, but when the share price of Google’s parent company Alphabet fell over 9% in the last month, they both dropped out of the top 10.
- Mark Zuckerberg was the 5th richest person in the world in March 2022, worth $97-billion. Since then, Facebook’s (rebranded as Meta Platforms) stock has fallen 35% and as of yesterday, Zuckerberg is the world’s 16th richest, worth $63-billion.
- The richest woman in the world and the only woman in the top 10 is Francoise Bettencourt Meyers. The French granddaughter of the founder of cosmetics company L’Oreal is worth $80.7-billion.
Here’s the top 10 list:
10. Francoise Bettencourt Meyers
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She made her 79 billion thanks to cosmetic line L’Oreal
9. Steve Balmer
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American businessman and investor who served as the chief executive officer of Microsoft from 2000 to 2014. He’s worth 80 billion.
8. Mukesh Dhirubhai Ambani
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Indian billionaire businessman. He is the chairman and managing director of Reliance Industries Ltd. Worth 83 billion.
7. Carlos Slim Helu
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Mexican business magnate, investor, and philanthropist. He’s sitting on 89.9 billion.
6. Bill Gates
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American business magnate, investor, philanthropist, and writer. He is a co-founder of Microsoft. 104 Billion
5. Warren Buffett
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American business magnate, investor, and philanthropist. He is currently the chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway. Worth 106 billion!
4. Larry Ellison
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American business magnate and investor who is the co-founder, executive chairman, of Oracle. 112 billion.
3. Jeff Bezos
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American entrepreneur, media proprietor, investor, and commercial astronaut. He is the founder, executive chairman, and former president and CEO of Amazon. 117 billion. Half went to his ex Mckenzie in divorce!
2. Elon Musk
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He is the founder, CEO and chief engineer of SpaceX; angel investor, CEO and product architect of Tesla, Inc.; owner and CEO of Twitter. 196 billion
1. Bernard Arnault
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French business magnate, investor, and art collector. He is the founder, chairman, and chief executive officer of Louis Vuitton. Richest man in the world worth, 209 billion.
