Top 10 richest people in the world list are here .According to their latest net worth and financial performance, the world’s richest persons can vary from year to year. Here are the top 10 richest people in the world, based on the Bloomberg billionaires index as of September 16, 2022, and some interesting facts about them.
Top 10 richest people in the world
Here are the list of Top 10 richest people in the world:
1- Elon Musk
The electric car maker Tesla and rocket producer SpaceX are both works of Elon Musk to revolutionize transportation. At present, Elon Musk is worth $264 billion, the value of Tesla’s electric cars is nearly $800 billion. It is estimated that Musk’s rocket company, SpaceX, is now worth nearly $100 billion. The market capitalization of Tesla in October 2021 reached $800 billion, making it the most valuable automaker in the world.
2- Jeff Bezos
Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO of Amazon, has a net worth of $150 billion and is the second richest person on earth. In 2019, he divorced his wife Mackenzie and transferred a quarter of his Amazon stake to her. Amazon was founded by Jeff Bezos in his Seattle garage in 1994. As a result of this Coronavirus outbreak, more people are shopping online, benefiting the e-commerce giant.
3- Gautam Adani and family
The promoter of Adani Group, Gautam Adani, has separated his multi million business fortune into energy, logistics, agriculture, and aerospace. As the richest man in Asia, Adani is the owner of the Adani Group, a multinational conglomerate whose business involves port operations and development in India.
4- Bernard Arnault & Family
According to Forbes, Bernard Arnault is the fourth richest person on earth today. He has an empire of over 70 brands, including Louis Vuitton and Sephora, which have contributed to his $139 billion net worth.
Bernard Arnault, the richest man in Europe, earned a $100 billion fortune last December.
5- Bill Gates
Bill Gates is the cofounder of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Having co-founded Microsoft with Paul Allen, Bill Gates eventually sold off most of his stakes in the company, keeping just 1% and investing the remainder in stocks and other assets. A surge in Microsoft share price after earnings allowed Bill Gates to enter the $100 billion club last year. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is the largest private charitable foundation in the world.
6- Warren Buffet
A famous investor, Warren Buffet is known as the Oracle of Omaha. Among Berkshire Hathaway’s 60 companies are Geico insurance, Duracell, and Dairy Queen Restaurant. It is estimated that he is worth $96.6 billion. His first stock was bought when he was 11 years old, the son of a US congressman.
7- Larry Page
The cofounder of Google, Larry Page, has a net worth of $94.9 billion and is the seventh richest person in the world. Aside from Planetary Resources, he is also funding “Flying Car”, Kitty Hawk, and “Opener.
8- Mukesh Ambani
In addition to petrochemicals, oil and gas, retail and telecom, the founder and chairman of Reliance Industries has a wide range of interests. A price war erupted in 2016 following the launch of 4G services by Reliance in the Indian telecom market.
9- Sergey Brin
With a net worth of $90.8 billion, Sergey Brin ranks eighth among the wealthiest people in the world. In 1998, he and Larry Page founded Google, which went public in 2004 and became Alphabet in 2015.
10- Larry Ellison
As a cofounder of Oracle, the software company he co founded in 1977, Larry Ellison has a net worth of $90.3 billion.
Since leaving as CEO of the company in 2014, he has been serving as chairman of the board and chief technology advisor. After purchasing 3 million shares earlier that year, Ellison also joined Tesla’s board of directors in December 2018. Almost all of Hawaiian island Lanai belongs to him.
