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#1 Elon Musk

Net Worth: $219 B
Age: 50
Country/Territory: United States
Source: Tesla, SpaceX
Industry: Automotive
Elon Musk is working to revolutionize transportation both on Earth, through electric car maker Tesla — and in space, via rocket producer SpaceX. He owns 21% of Tesla but has pledged more than half his stake as collateral for loans; Forbes has discounted his stake to take the loans into account. Twitter’s board agreed to sell the company to Musk for $44 billion on April 25, 2022, after he disclosed a 9.1% stake and threatened a hostile takeover.

#2 Jeff Bezos

Net Worth: $171 B
Age: 58
Country/Territory: United States
Source: Amazon
Industry: Technology
Jeff Bezos founded e-commerce giant Amazon in 1994 out of his garage in Seattle. He stepped down as CEO to become executive chairman in July 2021. Bezos sold $8.8 billion worth of his Amazon stock in 2021 and also gave some shares away; he now owns a bit less than 10% of the company.

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#3 Bernard Arnault & family

Net Worth: $158 B
Age: 73
Country/Territory: France
Source: LVMH
Industry: Fashion & Retail
Bernard Arnault oversees the LVMH empire of some 70 fashion and cosmetics brands, including Louis Vuitton and Sephora. In January 2021, LVMH acquired American jeweler Tiffany & Co for $15.8 billion, believed to be the biggest luxury brand acquisition ever. LVMH spent $3.2 billion in 2019 for luxury hospitality group Belmond, which owns or manages 46 hotels, trains and river cruises.

#4 Bill Gates

Net Worth: $129 B
Age: 66
Country/Territory: United States
Source: Microsoft
Industry: Technology
Bill Gates turned his fortune from software firm Microsoft into a diversified fortune including investments zero-carbon energy. In May 2021, Bill and Melinda each announced on Twitter they were ending their marriage after 27 years. They still co-chair the charitable Gates Foundation. Gates, who cofounded Microsoft with Paul Allen (d. 2018) in 1975, has transferred at least $5.7 billion worth of shares in public companies to Melinda.

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#5 Warren Buffett

Net Worth: $118 B
Age: 91
Country/Territory: United States
Source: Berkshire Hathaway
Industry: Finance & Investments
Known as the “Oracle of Omaha,” Warren Buffett is one of the most successful investors of all time. Buffett runs Berkshire Hathaway, which owns more than 60 companies, including insurer Geico, battery maker Duracell and restaurant chain Dairy Queen. The son of a U.S. congressman, he first bought stock at age 11 and first filed taxes at age 13. He has promised to donate over 99% of his wealth. So far he has given more than $45 billion, mostly to the Gates Foundation and his kids’ foundations.

#6 Larry Page

Net Worth: $111 B
Age: 49
Country/Territory: United States
Source: Google
Industry: Technology
Larry Page stepped down as CEO of Alphabet, the parent of Google, in December 2019 but remains a board member and a controlling shareholder. He cofounded Google in 1998 with fellow Stanford Ph.D. student Sergey Brin. With Brin, Page invented Google’s PageRank algorithm, which powers the search engine.

#7 Sergey Brin

Net Worth: $107 B
Age: 48
Country/Territory: United States
Source: Google
Industry: Technology
Sergey Brin stepped down as president of Alphabet, parent company of Google, in December 2019 but remains a controller shareholder and a board member. He cofounded Google with Larry Page in 1998 after the two met at Stanford University while studying for advanced degrees in computer science.

#8 Larry Ellison

Net Worth: $106 B
Age: 77
Country/Territory: United States
Source: Software
Industry: Technology
Larry Ellison is chairman, chief technology officer and cofounder of software giant Oracle, of which he owns about 35%. He gave up the Oracle CEO role in 2014 after 37 years at the helm. Oracle has grown in part through steady acquisitions of software companies, the biggest of which was $9.3 billion for NetSuite in 2016.

#9 Steve Ballmer

Net Worth: $91.4 B
Age: 66
Country/Territory: United States
Source: Microsoft
Industry: Technology
Steve Ballmer is the high-wattage former CEO of Microsoft, who led the company from 2000 to 2014. He joined Microsoft in 1980 as employee No. 30 after dropping out of Stanford’s MBA program. Ballmer oversaw Microsoft after the first dot-com crash and through efforts to catch up to Google in search capabilities and Apple in mobile phones.

#10 Mukesh Ambani

Net Worth: $90.7 B
Age: 64
Country/Territory: India
Source: Diversified
Industry: Diversified
Mukesh Ambani chairs and runs $74 billion (revenue) Reliance Industries, which has interests in petrochemicals, oil and gas, telecom and retail. Reliance was founded by his late father Dhirubhai Ambani, a yarn trader, in 1966 as a small textile manufacturer. Reliance sparked a telecom price war with the launch of 4G phone and broadband service Jio in 2016. Today, investors in Jio include Google and Facebook.

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