Elon Musk tops list of world's 10 richest people

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.