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Elon Musk is a South African-born businessman and the wealthiest person in the world, with an estimated net worth of US$402 billion as of February 8, 2025, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, [418] and $397 billion according to Forbes, [419] primarily from his ownership stakes in Tesla, Inc., and SpaceX. [420]
A record 1,210 billionaires made the 2011 list, representing a combined wealth of $4.5 trillion, up from $3.6 trillion the previous year. [39] One third of the world's billionaires, 413, came from the United States. China had the second most billionaires with 115, while Russia was third with 101.
Per Forbes (April 2024) [1]; Rank Rank per capita Country/Territory Billionaires Rate - World 2,781: 0.343 1 11 United States 813: 2.420 2 53 China 406: 0.288 3 58 India 200: 0.144
The Top 10 Richest Billionaires Are Worth $1.15 Trillion. Collectively, the top 10 richest people in the world are worth $1.15 trillion -- a $686 billion increase from last year, Forbes reported.
What the world needs is more billionaires — said no one ever. And yet, here we are. Oxfam reports that 204 new billionaires emerged in 2024; the combined wealth of billionaires worldwide grew ...
Alice and Julia are in the list of the world's richest people. John and David are the most common billionaire names. Alice and Julia are up there when it comes to wealth.
The number of billionaires that, with assets combined, would own as much money as half the world population, and what transport they would fit on, from years 2010 to 2016 [18] According to a 2016 Oxfam report, the wealth of the poorest 95% dropped by 38% between 2010 and 2015, due to an increase in the global population by 400 million. [ 18 ]
For example, nearly 750 people on Forbes’ World’s Billionaires list for 2022 have a net worth of $1.5 billion or below as of March 11. This is obviously a monumental difference from Musk’s ...