Every year a list is made of the richest people in the world and keeps changing according to their latest net worth count and fiscal performance. According to the real-time Bloomberg billionaires Index of September 16, 2022, let’s have a look at the top 10 richest persons in the world and know some amazing facts about them.
1. Elon Musk
Elon Musk, the owner of electric self-driving car company Tesla which is valued at $800 billion, has an estimated net worth of $264 billion. The billionaire’s rocket company, SpaceX, has a current net worth of about $100 billion. He is known for transforming transportation on Earth, with the electric Tesla cars and is recently seeking to fashion traveling into space using SpaceX rockets. SpaceX is now valued at nearly $100 billion.
2. Jeff Bezos
The founder and CEO of the famous online-shopping platform Amazon, Jeff Bezos has a net worth of $150 billion and is ranked as the second richest person in the world. Amazon is Bezos’ brainchild that began in 1994 out of his garage in Seattle. Though divorcing his wife MacKenzie in 2019 and giving up a quarter of Amazon’s stake, he has still managed to hold the position. His business outlet prospered regardless of the coronavirus pandemic, as people indulged in increased online shopping.
3. Gautam Adani and family
Gautam Adani, promoter of the Adani Group, invested his multi-million business fortune in sectors including energy, logistics, agriculture, and aerospace among others. The Adani Group, a multinational empire in business with port operations and developments in India has made Adani the richest man in Asia, having a net worth of $149 billion.
4. Bernard Arnault & Family
Bernard Arnault, LVMH- France Chairman and CEO, ranks fourth as the richest person in the world with an estimated net worth of $139 billion. His business conglomeration is spread across 70 brands including Louis Vuitton and Sephora. This French businessman is Europe’s person whose net worth has increased from $100 billion in December last year.
5. Bill Gates
Bill Gates, co-founder of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has a net worth of $113 billion. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is the world’s largest charity enterprise. He currently retains only 1% of his share in Microsoft, co-founded with Paul Allen, after selling and investing the majority of his stake in stocks and other assets. He became the owner of $100 billion in April last year after Microsoft’s share price skyrocketed.
6. Warren Buffet
One of the most successful investors in the world, Warren Buffet, son of a US congressman has a net worth of $96.6 billion. He operates Berkshire Hathaway which has more than 60 companies running under him including Dairy Queen Restaurant, Duracell, and the famous Geico insurance. He began investing in stocks at the age of 11.
7. Larry Page
The co-founder of Google, Larry Page, is ranked seventh among the world’s richest persons. He has a net worth of $94.4 billion. He has invested in a space research company, Planetary Resources, and provides funding in ‘Flying Car’ for startup companies Kitty Hawk and Opener.
8. Mukesh Ambani
With a net worth of $91.0 billion, this Indian billionaire is the founder and chairman of Reliance Industries, spread across sectors including oil and gas, retail, petrochemical, and telecom. He launched 4G phone services in 2016 that made many network services out of business.
9. Sergey Brin
Sergey Brin, the eighth richest person in the world having a net worth of $90.8 billion, is the co-founder and board member of Alphabet. He founded Google along with Larry Page back in 1998 which went public in 2004 and later in 2015, transformed into Alphabet.
10. Larry Ellison
The co-founder of Oracle, a software firm, Larry Ellison, has a net worth of $90.3 billion. He then quit as the CEO of the firm in 2014 and became the chairman of the board and chief technology advisor of the same. After buying 3 million worth of shares in 2018, he became a board member of Tesla earlier that year. In addition, he is the owner of all Hawaiian Island Lanai.
