Forbes list of billionaires is based on an yearly measurement of wealth and assets which is published by Forbes magazine. The latest list was released in March 2014.
Unverified information: Billionaires List 2025 with their net worth.
| Rank | Name | Net Worth (USD) | Nationality | Age | Sources | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02. | Elon Musk | $433.9 billion |  United States |
53 | Tesla, SpaceX, etc. | United States |
| 03. | Jeff Bezos | $239.4 billion | United States |
61 | Amazon | United States |
| 04. | Mark Zuckerberg | $211.8 billion | United States |
40 | Meta (Facebook) | United States |
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| 06. | Larry Ellison | $204.6 billion | United States |
80 | Oracle | United States |
| 07. | Bernard Arnault & family | $181.3 billion |  France |
75 | LVMH | France |
| 08. | Warren Buffett | $118.4 billion | United States |
94 | Berkshire Hathaway | United States |
| 09. | Bill Gates | $113.5 billion | United States |
69 | Microsoft | United States |
| 10. | Sergey Brin | $109.8 billion | United States |
51 | Google LLC | [ United States |
| 11. | Larry Page | $109.3 billion | [ United States |
51 | Google LLC | [ United States |
| 12. | Steve Ballmer | $105.6 billion | United States |
68 | Microsoft | United States |
| 13. | Mukesh Ambani | $100.5 billion |  India |
67 | Reliance Industries | India |
As of 31 December 2024, the world's richest individual is Elon Musk, the mastermind behind the companies SpaceX and Tesla with a net wealth of $421.2 billion. Musk is the first individual to ever breach the $300 billion net worth, let alone $400 billion. He is followed by Jeff Bezos, albeit with a huge gap behind, with a net worth of $233.5 billion.
| No. | Name | Net worth (USD) | Age | Nationality | Source(s) of wealth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1  | Jeff Bezos | $113 billion  | 56 | United States | Amazon |
| 2 | Bill Gates | $98 billion  | 64 | United States | Microsoft |
| 3 | Bernard Arnault and family | $76 billion | 71 | France | LVMH |
| 4 | Warren Buffett | $67.5 billion | 89 | United States | Berkshire Hathaway |
| 5 | Larry Ellison | $59 billion | 75 | United States | Oracle Corporation |
| 6 | Amancio Ortega | $55.1 billion | 84 |  Spain | Inditex, Zara |
| 7 | Mark Zuckerberg | $54.7 billion | 35 | United States | |
| 8 |
Jim Walton | $54.6 billion |
71 | United States |
Walmart |
| 9 |
Alice Walton | $54.4 billion |
70 | United States |
Walmart |
| 10 |
S. Robson Walton | $54.1 billion |
77 | United States |
Walmart |
On the 32nd list of world's billionaires, the gap between the top 1% of the billionaires and the rest continues to widen. A record of 2,208 billionaires were in the ranking and the total wealth is $9.1 trillion, up 18% since 2017. For the first time, Jeff Bezos was listed as the top billionaire due to Amazon's rising stock price that resulted in one person's biggest one year gain in wealth since Forbes started tracking in 1987.
| No. | Name | Net worth (USD) | Age | Nationality | Source(s) of wealth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jeff Bezos | $112.0 billion | 54 | United States | Amazon |
| 2 | Bill Gates | $90.0 billion | 62 | United States | Microsoft |
| 3 | Warren Buffett | $84.0 billion | 87 | United States | Berkshire Hathaway |
| 4 | Bernard Arnault | $72.0 billion | 69 | France | LVMH |
| 5 | Mark Zuckerberg | $71.0 billion | 33 | United States | |
| 6 | Amancio Ortega | $70.0 billion | 81 | Spain | Inditex, Zara |
| 7 | Carlos Slim | $67.1 billion | 78 |  Mexico | América Móvil, Grupo Carso |
| 8 | Charles Koch | $60.0 billion | 82 | United States | Koch Industries |
| 8 | David Koch | $60.0 billion | 77 | United States | Koch Industries |
| 10 | Larry Ellison | $58.5 billion | 73 | United States | Oracle Corporation |