Who is the richest man in the world? Well, we should not give it an answer of one word because it is totally uncertain. However, Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos are the two richest racers in this field.
We will show you the top 10 richest billionaires in the world in 2024. Though their wealth may have faced unusual decreases because of the Covid-19 coronavirus, these 10 billionaires have held their place at the top!.
These 10 are the richest man in the world in 2024. According to Forbes, the recent list of billionaires found that the number of billionaires has fallen down significantly because of the coronavirus pandemic.
The most richest person in the world is decreasing according to the last 03 years billionaire list. There were around 2095 billionaires on the list of 2024 when it was being finalized in May 2024, according to the business website.
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Let’s see the top 10 richest people in the world in 2024 according to their net worth including total assets, business, country, age, title, CEO, business owned, and everything that has made them the top 10 richest person in the world.
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Let’s check the top ten richest billionaires in the world now in 2024. The names below come in order based on their net worth according to the most recent report of Forbes of the current month.
01. Elon Musk
Net Worth: $264.6 Billion
Nationality: United States, South Africa, Canada
Title: Founder, CEO, and Chief Engineer of SpaceX, Tesla, Inc.
Education: University of Pennsylvania (BS, BA)
Occupation: Entrepreneur, Industrial Designer, Engineer
Business: Twitter, SpaceX, Tesla, Inc., SolarCity, Neuralink, etc.
Citizenship: South Africa (1971–present), Canada (1971–present), United States (2002–present)
Born: June 28, 1971
Full Name: Elon Reeve Musk
Spouse: Talulah Riley (m. 2013–2016), Talulah Riley (m. 2010–2012), Justine Musk (m. 2000–2008)
Parents: Errol Musk, Maye Musk
Children: X Æ A-Xii, Nevada Alexander Musk, Griffin Musk, Kai Musk, Saxon Musk, Xavier Musk, Damian Musk
Years active: 1995–present
Elon Musk is the richest billionaire in the world in 2024. Being the co-founder of PayPal he is now well-known worldwide. He achieved success in versatile sectors. I believe Elon Musk is going to be the richest man in the world for many years.
He is the chief executive of Tesla, the electric carmaker company. This versatile figure has pursued everything in his life but the biggest turning point occurred in his life when he joined Tesla. This company has driven his wealth to rank largely.
Now he is one of the top figures in the world’s business magnet. Besides, being an engineer he has also pursued the career of an industrial designer. He founded the company SpaceX as well. However, his journey started by founding Zip2 that was later sold for $307 million to Compaq.
02. Jeff Bezos
Net Worth: $177.5 Billion
Nationality: United States
Title: Executive Chairman of Amazon
Education: Princeton University (BSE)
Occupation: Businessman, Media Proprietor, Investor, computer engineer
Business: Amazon & Blue Origin
Years Active: 1986 – Present
Born: January 12, 1964
Spouse: MacKenzie Scott (Wife)
Passion/Hobby: underwater rocket hunt, sleeping
Personal Vehicle: Honda Accord, Gulfstream G650ER Private Jet
Social Activities: Biggest donor, Gave away $2 billion in charity last year
Jeff Bezos, an American entrepreneur is now one of the top richest billionaires in the world 2024. He transferred a quarter of his Amazon stake (4%) to his ex-wife MacKenzie in the last summer (according to Forbes). However, that could not pull him down the list of the richest man in the world.
Bezos is the founder of e-commerce giant Amazon, one of the biggest and most popular companies on the web since 1994. He is still the CEO of the company.
In the beginning, Amazon was just a simple online bookstore in Jeff’s bedroom and its initial sales were slow. But the scenario in 2024 is that Jeff Bezos is now the richest man in the world, who has added a whopping $40 billion to his net earnings in the last couple of years!
Amazon is making major shifts, after its recent cover of Wholefoods and then starting drone shipping and a bunch of other strong and new ideas. Jeff Bezos is the first superman ever to reach the $100 billion mark! Insane, isn’t it?
03. Bernard Arnault
Net Worth: $167 Billion
Nationality: France
Title: Chairman and CEO, LVMH, Christian Dior SE
Education: École Polytechnique (1969–1971), Lycée Faidherbe
Occupation: Businessman, Entrepreneur, investor, art collector, media proprietor
Business: LVMH, Christian Dior SE
Years Active: 1978 – Present
Born: March 5, 1949
Spouse: Hélène Mercier (m. 1991), Anne Dewavrin (m. 1973–1990)
Children: Antoine Arnault, Delphine Arnault, Alexandre Arnault, Frédéric Arnault, Jean Arnault
Passion/Hobby: include running and listening to tech-geek podcasts, tennis, Indeed, the piano played
Personal Vehicle: BMW 7-Series and a private jet (Gulfstream G650)
Social Activities: Donate 200 million euros for Paris’ Notre-Dame, Reuters, 16 APRIL 2019
Bernard Arnault is my dream richest man in the world because I loved his brand products from the very beginning. H is one of the top-listed billionaires in the world today. Arnault is the CEO of LVMH (Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy) luxury goods company. It includes Louis Vuitton and Sephora brands.
In fact, the company was established by merging two businesses together. Louis Vuitton, a very successful luxury fashion brand, and Moet Hennessy is a merged champagne and cognac manufacturer both merged together through the launching of LVMH.
The company bought Tiffany & Co. Last year for $16.2 billion, that might be according to Forbes the largest luxury brand acquisition. Bernard has been making serious shifts upward the list in the past year. In fact, at the beginning of 2017, Arnault was on the 14th. Now, after 3 full years, he has been able to place 3rd in the list of the 10 top richest people on earth in 2024!
04. Bill Gates
Net Worth: $132.3 Billion
Nationality: United States
Title: Co-chairman and co-founder of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Education: Harvard College (1973–1975), Lakeside School (1967–1973)
Business: Co-founder of Microsoft
Occupation: Software Developer, Investor, Entrepreneur, Philanthropist
Awards: Presidential Medal of Freedom (2016)
Years Active: 1975 – Present
Born: October 28, 1955
Full Name: William Henry Gates III
Spouse: Melinda French (m. 1994) (Wife)
Divorce Date: 04-05-2021
Passion/Hobby: Bridge, Settlers of Catan, Tennis, Reading Books, Travel
Personal Vehicle: Porsche Taycan, Private Jet – N887WM
Social Activities: Bill Gates is donating $50 million to this for the COVID-19
Bill Gates is one of the most richest billionaires in the world. Bill Gates, 64 in age, and his wife Melinda share the chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which is the biggest private charitable foundation all around the world according to Forbes.
He is the co-founder of Microsoft and was the richest man continuously for several years in the world. He along with Paul Allen founded Microsoft in 1975 with since then it is the largest PC software company worldwide.
05. Warren Buffett
Net Worth: $125 Billion
Nationality: United States
Title: Chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway
Education: University of Pennsylvania University of Nebraska–Lincoln (BS)
Occupation: Businessman, investor, philanthropist
Business: Leadership of Berkshire Hathaway with Charlie Munger
Years Active: 1951 – Present
Born: August 30, 1930
Spouse: Astrid Menks (m. 2006), Susan Buffett (m. 1952–2004)
Children: Susan Alice Buffett, Howard Graham Buffett, Peter Buffett
Passion/Hobby: playing bridge. Eric Francis/Getty
Personal Vehicle: Cadillac XTS (Car), Cessna Citation Latitude (private jet)
Social Activities: Biggest donor of America. he almost donate $15 billion to charitable causes between 2014 and 2018.
Warren Buffett is a very popular and richest billionaire who knows well how to make money with money. Buffett according to Forbes is one of the most successful investors of all time.
He completed his MS at Columbia University. He runs Berkshire Hathaway that owns above 60 companies. Years back Buffett was the third-wealthiest on the list before Bernard Arnault took his place this year. He is an American entrepreneur and at the same time investor and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway.
Moreover, Buffett is known as the most successful investor worldwide which is why millions of traders try to depend upon him and try to follow him because of his success. Though he is the third richest person in the world still lives in a home he purchased that shows up his life’s philosophy- simple living & high thinking!
06. Larry Page
Net Worth: $117.1 Billion
Title: Co-founding Google, Co-founder Alphabet Inc. Co-founder PageRank
Nationality: United States
Occupation: Computer scientist, Internet entrepreneur
Business: Google, Alphabet, PageRank
Years Active: 1998 – Present
Born: March 26, 1973
Spouse: Lucinda Southworth (m. 2007) (Wife)
Education: University of Michigan (BS), Stanford University (MS)
Personal Vehicle: Kitty Hawk (Car)
Larry Page is one of the richest billionaires in the world till 2024. He is one of the co-founders of Google and its first CEO until 2001. Google, having no doubt, is the most successful search engine in the world, and the company has made its shifts towards various acquisitions such as YouTube. Larry Page is now one of the richest people in the world and Google’s success has brought him to this stage undoubtedly.
07. Larry Ellison
Net Worth: $110.8 Billion
Nationality: United States
Title: Co-founder and former CEO of Oracle Corporation
Education: University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign University of Chicago
Occupation: Executive chairman and CTO of Oracle Corporation
Business: Co-founder and former CEO of Oracle Corporation
Years Active: 1966 – Present
Born: August 17, 1944
Spouse: Adda Quinn (m. 1967; div. 1974), Nancy Wheeler Jenkins (m. 1977; div. 1978), Barbara Boothe, (m. 1983; div. 1986), Melanie Craft, (m. 2003; div. 2010) (Wife)
Personal Vehicle: Lexus LFA, Tesla Model 3 (Car), Gulfstream G650 (private jet)
Social Activities: Biggest donor of America. he almost donate $200 million
Larry Ellison is a renowned billionaire in the world in 2024. He founded Oracle in 1977 a software company. He serves the post of the chairman of the board and also the chief technology officer, according to Forbes.
He is the co-founder of Oracle and was also served as the CEO of the company until September 2014. Oracle has become a tremendously successful tech company over the years, and now it is 40 years old and employing above 136,000 people.
08. Steve Ballmer
Net Worth: $91.3 Billion
Nationality: United States
Title: Owner of the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association (NBA)
Education: Harvard University (BA) Stanford Graduate School of Business
Occupation: Businessman and Investor
Business: Los Angeles Clippers, NBA
Years Active: 1964 – Present
Born: March 24, 1956
Spouse: Connie Snyder (m. 1990)
Personal Vehicle: Ford Fusion Hybrid (Car)
Social Activities: Donation 10 million
Steve Ballmer is the former CEO of Microsoft though started his career as a business manager in the company. He was the 24th employee of his company, but his education led him to the path of success at a very early stage.
He led the company from 2000 to 2014. He holds onto his 4 percent stake in Microsoft, and it contributes a handsome amount to his wealth. Not only that, but he is also the company’s largest individual shareholder. Later in 2014, he purchased the Los Angeles Clippers of the NBA. He is the richest owner (Los Angeles Clippers $51.4 billion) in the NBA. All these mostly contribute to his current wealth.
09. Mukesh Ambani
Net Worth: $96.9 Billion
Title: Chairman and MD, Reliance Industries
Occupation: Business magnate
Business: Reliance Industries
Country: India
Years Active: 1980 – Present
Born: 19 April 1957
Spouse: Nita Ambani (m. 1985)
Education: Institute of Chemical Technology (BE)
Personal Vehicle: MERCEDES MAYBACH S600 GUARD, BENTLEY BENTAYGA, LAMBORGHINI URUS, AUDI A8L, etc.
Social Activities: Reliance Institute of Life Sciences, Hurkisondas Hospital, Dhirubhai Ambani International School, COVID-19 Hospital
Mukesh Ambani is the best example of a luxury person in the world in 2024. He is the chairman of the Reliance industries ltd and one of the richest men worldwide. He along with his whole family maintains a very expensive lifestyle.
According to Forbes Worlds billionaire’s list, his net worth is $81.6 billion. This man has a house of $2 billion named Antalia. It takes 49 square feet to stand. The price of the land only, on which Antalia is standing, took 600 crore rupees. This is the most expensive house in the world. Everything in this house will astonish you.
10. Mark Zuckerberg
Net Worth: $75.2 Billion
Nationality: United States
Education: Ardsley High School (1998–2000), Phillips Exeter Academy (2000–2002), Harvard University (2002–2004)
Title: Founder and CEO of Meta Platforms
Occupation: Internet entrepreneur philanthropist
Business: Founder and CEO of Meta Platforms, Co-founder and co-CEO of Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
Years Active: 2004 – Present
Born: May 14, 1984
Spouse: Priscilla Chan (m. 2012) (Wife)
Personal Vehicle: Honda Fit (Car)
Social Activities: Donation almost 25 million
Mark Zuckerberg is a richest man in the world today but sometimes it seems to me; he only works for himself, not for society. His app Facebook has less than 2 ratings in the apple store because of its commercial mess. His wife is Priscilla Chan. Zuckerberg founded the social media site Facebook in 2004. We all know Mark Zuckerberg as the founder of Facebook, the most popular and most valuable social media company in the world.
He completed his study at Harvard University and this most popular site Facebook started in Mark’s dorm room at Harvard University. Pretty amazing, isn’t it?
11. Jim C. Walton
Net Worth: $71.7 Billion
Nationality: United States
Title: Chairman of Walmart, Arvest Bank
Education: University of Arkansas (1971)
Occupation: Businessman, stock trader
Business: Walmart, Arvest Bank
Years Active: 1975 – Present
Born: June 7, 1948
Spouse: Lynne McNabb (Wife)
Personal Vehicle: Vintage Car
Jim Walton, 71 in age, is the richest Walton in April 2024 with a huge net worth of billions. He belongs to the Walton Family and is the youngest son of Sam Walton. He is the heir of the world’s largest retailer Walmart. Jim Walton gave away $1.2 billion in Walmart according to Forbes last June.
12. Amancio Ortega
Net Worth: $56.4 Billion
Nationality: Spain
Title: Co-founder of Inditex Group
Education: formal higher education
Occupation: Business magnate
Business: Inditex, Deaz
Years Active: 1972 – Present
Born: March 28, 1936
Spouse: Flora Pérez (m. 2001), Rosalía Mera (m. 1966–1986) (Wife)
Passion/Hobby: Reading, Listening to music, Swimming
Personal Vehicle: Audi A8 (Car), Bombardier Global Express (Private jet)
Social Activities: He Donated about €21.68 million
Amancio Ortega was the richest clothing retailer in the world on March 18, with a net worth of the above billions, according to Forbes.
In 1975, he along with his ex-wife Rosalia Mera founded Inditex, which is well known for the fashion chain Zara according to Forbes. Inditex launches Zara and Zara is one of the most famous clothing chains worldwide. By nationality, Ortega is a Spanish entrepreneur and also the head of the Ortega Family. He is the second wealthiest retailer in the world.
# Top 10 Richest Billionaires in the World 2024
| Rank | Name | Title | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Elon Musk | Founder & CEO of SpaceX, and Tesla, Inc. | United States |
| 02 | Jeff Bezos | CEO and President of Amazon | United States |
| 03 | Bernard Arnault | Chairman and CEO of LVMH | France |
| 04 | Bill Gates | Co-Founder of Microsoft | United States |
| 05 | Warren Buffett | Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway | United States |
| 06 | Larry Page | Co-Founders of Google (Alphabet) | United States |
| 07 | Larry Ellison | Co-Founder of Oracle | United States |
| 08 | Steve Ballmer | Former CEO of Microsoft | United States |
| 09 | Mukesh Ambani | Chairman and MD of Reliance | India |
| 10 | Mark Zuckerberg | Founder and CEO of Meta Platforms, Inc. | United States |
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