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The net worth of the world's billionaires increased from less than US$1 trillion in 2000 to over $7 trillion in 2015. The World's Billionaires is an annual ranking of people who are billionaires, i.e., they are considered to have a net worth of US$1 billion or more, by the American business magazine Forbes. The list was first published in March ...
In 1987, Gates was listed as a billionaire in Forbes magazine's first ever America's richest issue; he was the world's youngest-ever self-made billionaire, with a net worth of $1.25 billion. Since then, he has been featured on The World's Billionaires list and was ranked as the richest person in 1995, 1996, 1998–2007, and 2009, maintaining ...
Jeff Bezos. Jeffrey Preston Bezos ( / ˈbeɪzoʊs / BAY-zohss; [ 2] né Jorgensen; born January 12, 1964) is an American business magnate best known as the founder, executive chairman, and former president and CEO of Amazon, the world's largest e-commerce and cloud computing company. He is the second wealthiest person in the world, with a net ...
In January 2021, Musk, with a net worth of $185 billion, surpassed Amazon founder Jeff Bezos to become the richest person in the world. [10] Bezos reclaimed the top spot the following month. [11] On September 27, 2021, after Tesla stock surged, Forbes announced that Musk had a net worth of over $200 billion, [12] and was the richest person in ...
The Bloomberg Billionaires Index, launched in March 2012, is a daily ranking of the world's 500 richest people based on their net worth. [ 3][ 4][ 5] It features a profile of each billionaire, and includes a tool that allows users to compare the fortunes of multiple billionaires. The index is updated every day at the close of trading in New York.
Bernard Jean Étienne Arnault ( French: [bɛʁnaʁ ʒɑ̃ etjɛn aʁno]; born 5 March 1949) is a French businessman, investor and art collector. [ 2][ 3] He is the founder, chairman and CEO of LVMH, the world's largest luxury goods company. Arnault is the first richest person in the world, with an estimated net worth of US$ 194 billion as of ...
Kerry A. Dolan and Luisa Kroll, "Billionaire Dynasties", Forbes, 21 June 2001; Devon Pendleton, Bloomberg, Europe's richest royal gets richer as family bank lures wealthy, The Register Citizen, 28 October 2017; Tom Metcalf and Jack Witzig, World's Wealthiest Became $1 Trillion Richer in 2017, Bloomberg News, 27 December 2017
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