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Elon Musk has since surpassed John D. Rockefeller as the richest person in the history of the United States, and of modern history, according to size of wealth compared to GDP. On December 2024 his wealth reached $474 billion dollars (1.61% of USA's GDP at that year) compared to Rockefeller's 1.5% at the height of his wealth. [5]
In the 32nd annual Forbes list of the world's billionaires, the aggregate wealth of the top 20 richest people on Earth amounted to about 13 percent of all billionaires' fortunes combined. [16] A record of 2,208 billionaires were in the ranking and the total wealth was $9.1 trillion, up 18% since 2017.
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 .
Here’s an even closer look at how the world’s 10 richest people on Forbes’ Billionaires Index list got to where they are. 1. Elon Musk. Elon Musk has a net worth of $214.1 billion.
Mark Zuckerberg is currently the third richest person in the world with a net worth of approximately $18079 billion. He started Facebook in 2004 when he was 19 years old and is now the co-founder ...
Here are the world’s 10 richest people and some of their key investments, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, as of Jan. 5, 2025. The world’s 10 wealthiest individuals 1. Elon Musk ...
In October 2017, Gates was surpassed by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos as the richest person in the world. [221] In the Forbes 400 list of wealthiest Americans in 2023, he was ranked sixth with a wealth of $115.0 billion. [222] He once again became the richest person in the world in November 2019 after a 48% increase in Microsoft shares, surpassing ...
Some of America's richest people made their fortunes as innovators, most becoming self-made billionaires. They transformed the world with technology, have improved the lives of others with their