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In the 33rd annual Forbes list of the world's billionaires, the list included 2,153 billionaires with a total net wealth of $8.7 trillion, down 55 members and $400 billion from 2018. [15] The U.S. continued to have the most billionaires in the world, with a record of 609, while China dropped to 324 (when not including Hong Kong, Macau and ...
There are two types of billionaires: those who inherited their wealth, and those who built it from nothing. Our friends at Wealth-X, a firm that does research and net worth valuations on ultra ...
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.
Billionaires come from a very wide number of backgrounds. A review of the education and work histories of the top 400 billionaires shows little correlation between education and success. Nearly 30% of billionaires do not have a college degree, greatly exceeding any other educational background.
David Lloyd Steward (born 1951) is an American billionaire businessman. He is chairman and founder of World Wide Technology, [3] one of the largest African-American-owned businesses in America. [4] He was ranked 344th on the Forbes list of worldwide billionaires in 2024 with an estimated net worth of US$11.4 billion. [5]
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 ...
He is the second wealthiest person in the world, with a net worth of US$251 billion as of December 17, 2024, according to Forbes and Bloomberg Billionaires Index. [3] He was the wealthiest person from 2017 to 2021, according to both the Bloomberg Billionaires Index and Forbes. [4] [5] Bezos was born in Albuquerque and raised in Houston and Miami.
Jeff Bezos got a $250,00 loan from his parents when he wanted to grow Amazon and turn it into the world’s largest bookstore. Bloomberg discovered a 1997 SEC filing that found Jackie and Mike ...