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Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg are among a small group of people in the world whose net worth exceeds $100 billion.
Members of this elite group have amassed 12-figure fortunes by owning vast amounts of stock in some of the world’s most beneficial firms. Most are founders and current or former CEOs, while some, reminiscent of Warren Buffettthey’d be much richer if they didn’t give billions to charity.
While there may only be 15 centibillionaires, their combined wealth is about $2.3 trillion, in response to Bloomberg Billionaires IndexThat’s greater than the $2 trillion market capitalization of Google’s parent company, Alphabet.
All but one of them got richer this yr, adding about $380 billion to their personal fortunes. Home Depot ($368 billion), Bank of America ($301 billion), Coca-Cola ($300 billion) and Netflix ($299 billion) are worth lower than that.
The exclusive group is poised to develop into even larger soon. Three members of the Walton family net worth of $94 to $98 billion after each of them became richer by at least $24 billion this yr.
Here is a list of people worth at least $100 billion. It shows Bloomberg’s estimates of their net worth at the time of publication, the way it has modified this calendar yr and the source of their wealth.
1. Elon Musk
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk. REUTERS/Danny Moloshok via BI
Net worth: $246 billion
Change in assets year-on-year: +16.7 billion dollars
Source of wealth: Tesla and SpaceX shares
Musk is CEO of electric vehicle maker Tesla and spaceship maker SpaceX. He also owns X, the social network formerly generally known as Twitter.
His other businesses include The Boring Company, Neuralink, and xAI.
2. Jeff Bezos
Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos. Amy Harris/Invision/AP via BI
Net worth: $203 billion
Change in assets year-on-year: +26.3 billion dollars
Source of wealth: Amazon shares
Bezos is the founder, executive chairman, and former CEO of Amazon, the e-commerce and cloud computing giant.
He is also the founder of space company Blue Origin and owner of The Washington Post.
3. Bernard Arnault
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LVMH founder and CEO Bernard Arnault. Reuters via BI
Net worth: 200 billion dollars
Change in assets year-on-year: -7.64 billion dollars
Source of wealth: LVMH shares
Bernard Arnault is the founder, chairman and CEO of LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton. His conglomerate owns quite a few luxury brands, including Dior, Fendi, Dom Pérignon, Sephora and Tiffany & Co.
4. Mark Zuckerberg
Meta co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Getty via BI
Net worth: 190 billion dollars
Change in assets year-on-year: +62 billion dollars
Source of wealth: Meta reserve
Zuckerberg is the co-founder, chairman, and CEO of Meta Platforms, the social media giant behind Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Threads.
Meta’s Reality Labs division produces headsets and devices for virtual and augmented reality.
5.Bill Gates
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates. John Lamparski/Getty Images via BI
Net worth: 160 billion dollars
Change in assets year-on-year: +18.9 billion dollars
Source of wealth: Microsoft shares
Bill Gates is the co-founder and former CEO of Microsoft, maker of the Office suite of applications, the Microsoft Azure cloud computing platform, and Xbox consoles.
He is known for his philanthropic work, which he led through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, one of the largest charities in the world.
6. Larry Ellison
Oracle Co-Founder Larry Ellison. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images via BI
Net worth: $155 billion
Change in assets year-on-year: +32.2 billion dollars
Source of wealth: Oracle and Tesla shares
Larry Ellison is the co-founder, chief technology officer, and former CEO of Oracle, an enterprise software company specializing in cloud computing and database platforms.
Before joining the board of the Tesla automotive company in 2018, he invested in it and he earned greater than 10 times more on paper than his value until his term as director ends in August 2022.
7. Larry Page
Alphabet co-founder Larry Page. Seth Wenig/AP via BI
Net worth: 150 billion dollars
Change in assets year-on-year: +$23.1 billion
Source of wealth: Alphabet Actions
Larry’s Page In 1998, he co-founded Google in a friend’s garage with his Stanford University classmate Sergei Brin and served as its CEO until 2001.
He took the helm again from 2011 to 2015, after Google was restructured as an Alphabet subsidiary, alongside firms like YouTube and Waymo.
8. Steve Ballmer
Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer. REUTERS/Lee Jae-Won via BI
Net worth: $147 billion
Change in assets year-on-year: +$16.1 billion
Source of wealth: Microsoft shares
Steve Ballmer He served as CEO of Microsoft from 2000 to 2014. He joined the company in 1980 as an assistant to Bill Gates, initially negotiating a share in the profits, which later, when it became too large, he converted into shares in the share capital.
Ballmer retired as CEO in 2014 with a 4% stake — a position worth $140 billion. He immediately bought the Los Angeles Clippers for $2 billion and stays the team’s owner.
9. Sergey Brin
Alphabet co-founder Sergey Brin. REUTERS/Ruben Sprich via BI
Net worth: $141 billion
Change in assets year-on-year: +$20.8 billion
Source of wealth: Alphabet Actions
Sergey Brin he co-founded Google with Page in 1998 and served as the search and promoting giant’s first CEO.
He and Page resigned from their roles as chairman and CEO of Alphabet in 2019.
10. Warren Buffett
Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett. Reuters/Rick Wilking via BI
Net worth: $141 billion
Change in assets year-on-year: +21.0 billion dollars
Source of wealth: Berkshire Hathaway shares
Warren Buffett acquired Berkshire Hathaway when it was a failing textile mill in 1965 and has since built it into one of the world’s largest firms. His nearly 15% stake is worth about $140 billion.
The famed investment conglomerate owns quite a few businesses including GEICO, See’s Candies and BNSF Railway, and also has stakes in multibillion-dollar public firms reminiscent of Apple and Coca-Cola.
Buffett has talented He has given about half of his Berkshire shares to the Gates Foundation and 4 family foundations since 2006. If all else remained unchanged, if he kept all of his shares, he could be the richest person in the world with a net worth of greater than $318 billion.
11. Mukesh Ambani
Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse via BI
Net worth: $113 billion
Change in assets year-on-year: +16.3 billion dollars
Source of wealth: Reliance Industries Shares
Mukesh Ambani is the Chairman and Managing Director of Reliance Industries and The richest man in Asia.
His father, Dhirubhai Ambani, founded Reliance and tasked Mukesh with expanding the conglomerate’s petrochemical business and into latest areas reminiscent of telecommunications.
Mukesh threw wedding ceremony with stars and many events for his son Anant Ambani this summer.
12. Jensen Huang
Nvidia CEO and co-founder Jensen Huang. Vincent Thian/AP via BI
Net worth: $113 billion
Change in assets year-on-year: +68.6 billion dollars
Source of wealth: Nvidia shares
Jensen Huang co-founded Nvidia in 1993, but the chipmaker has develop into a market darling in the past 20 months as its semiconductors have played a key role in the development of artificial intelligence.
Nvidia’s share price has skyrocketed from under $15 in late 2022 to $130, boosting the company’s value to about $3.1 trillion and making Huang one of the richest people in the world.
13. Amancio Ortega
Amancio Ortega, founder of Inditex. jak-rich.org via BI
Net worth: $107 billion
Change in assets year-on-year: +19.9 billion dollars
Source of wealth: Inditex shares
Amancio Ortega is the founder and former CEO of Inditex, the clothing retail group whose brands include Zara, Bershka and Massimo Dutti.
The billionaire philanthropist and real estate investor stopped managing Inditex in 2011. His daughter Marta Ortega Pérez was appointed chairwoman in late 2021.
14.Michael Dell
Dell founder and CEO Michael Dell. John Locher/AP via BI
Net worth: $107 billion
Change in assets year-on-year: +28.2 billion dollars
Source of wealth: Dell shares
Michael Dell is the founder, chairman and CEO of the computer company of the same name. Dell’s shares have surged from under $40 in March of last yr to greater than $110, valuing the company at nearly $80 billion, as investors bet it should be a key beneficiary of the AI boom.
Dell owns about 46% of his company and made greater than $10 billion last yr from the sale of Dell-backed VMware to Broadcom.
15. Gautam Adani
Gautam Adani, Founder and Chairman of Adani Group. Amit Dave/Reuters via BI
Net worth: $105 billion
Change in assets year-on-year: +$21.1 billion
Source of wealth: Adani Group shares
Gautam Adani is the founder and chairman of Adani Group. His conglomerate is a leading developer of infrastructure, reminiscent of ports and power plants, in India.
Runners-up: The Waltons
Jim Walton, Alice Walton and Rob Walton. REUTERS/Rick Wilking via BI
The heirs Walmart Assets are on the verge of surpassing $100 billion due to a 43 percent increase in the retailer’s shares this yr.
The three living children of the company’s founder, Sam Walton — Jim Walton, Rob Walton and Alice Walton — were worth $97.6 billion, $95.3 billion, and $94.7 billion, respectively, at the time of writing. Each has gained greater than $24 billion in wealth this yr.