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The list also marks for the first time a French citizen was in the top position as well as a non-American for the first time since 2013 when the Mexican Carlos Slim Helu was the world's richest person. The list, like in 2022, counted 15 under 30 billionaires with the richest of them being Red Bull heir Mark Mateschitz with a net worth of $34.7 ...
Elon Musk is the wealthiest person in the world, with an estimated net worth of US$343 billion as of February 25, 2025, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, [420] and $353 billion according to Forbes, [421] primarily from his ownership stakes in Tesla, Inc., and SpaceX.
In March 2011, Forbes stated that Slim had maintained his position as the wealthiest person in the world, with his fortune estimated at US$74 billion. [4] In December 2012, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, Carlos Slim Helú remained the world's richest person with an estimated net worth of US$75.5 billion. [72]
Over the course of the 2020s, depending on the source and the year, the world's richest person has been reckoned to be Jeff Bezos, Bernard Arnault and family, or Elon Musk. In 2019, 19 people became billionaires. Four were a result of death or divorce, including Julia Koch, and Jeff Bezos's former wife MacKenzie Scott. [15]
Since 1987, Gates has been included in the Forbes list of the world's top billionaires. From 1995 to 2017, he held the title of the wealthiest person in the world every year except in 2008 and from 2010 to 2013. In 1999, he became the first ever centibillionaire when his net worth briefly surpassed US$100 billion.
This made him the richest person in the world at the time, surpassing Elon Musk. Musk would surpass Arnaut in June 2023 in net worth with $240 billion, as Arnault's wealth dropped to $190 billion. According to Bloomberg Billionaires Index Arnault was the wealthiest person in the world, with a net worth of about US $218 billion in May 2024. [75]
According to Forbes, as of 17 February 2025, Bezos' estimated net worth stood at US$241.9 billion, making him the third richest individual in the world [3], behind Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg. He was the wealthiest person from 2017 to 2021, according to Forbes and the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. [4] [5]
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