As of January 2, 2025, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk leads the list of the world's wealthiest individuals with a fortune of $432 billion.
Report informs via Bloomberg that Amazon founder Jeff Bezos follows with $239 billion, while Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is in third place with $270 billion.
The list also includes:
- Larry Ellison, Oracle co-founder: $192 billion
- Bernard Arnault, LVMH group president: $176 billion
- Larry Page, Google co-founder: $168 billion
- Bill Gates, Microsoft co-founder: $159 billion
- Sergey Brin, Google co-founder: $158 billion
- Steve Ballmer, former Microsoft CEO: $147 billion
- Warren Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway chairman: $142 billion
In 2024, the total wealth of the world's 500 richest people surpassed $10 trillion. After Donald Trump won the US presidential election in November, their assets rose by $63.5 billion in a single day.