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FILE-Elon Musk attends TIME Person of the Year on December 13, 2021 in New York City. (Photo by Theo Wargo/Getty Images for TIME) WASHINGTON - A list featuring the top earners in the world has been released by Forbes. Forbes comprised a list of more than 2,000 billionaires worldwide and found over 1,000 billionaires who added to their massive fortunes this year compared to 2021. There are also over 200 first-time billionaires on the extensive list, published Wednesday. Several notable women made this year’s list as newcomers, including Melinda French Gates of Microsoft with a net worth of $6.2 billion, Trudy Cathy White of Chick-fil-A with $4.6 billion, Grammy-winning singer Rhianna with $1.7 billion from her music and cosmetics and Jenny Just of Fintech (finance and investments) with $1.5 billion. According to Forbes, the United States still has the distinction of having the most billionaires worldwide at 735 and a collective net worth of $4.7 trillion. The financial global media company used stock prices and exchange rates from March 11 to determine the net worth of the wealthiest individuals. Forbes has several categories for this year’s list which includes the richest individuals, richest women and the newest billionaires. Here is a list of the 10 richest people in the world. To see Forbes' complete list, click here. Forbes richest people in the world for 20221) Elon Musk-$219 billion, Tesla, Space X, United States 2) Jeff Bezos-$171 billion, Amazon, United States 3) Bernard Arnault & family-$158 billion, France 4) Bill Gates-$129 billion, Microsoft, United States 5) Warren Buffett-$118 billion, Berkshire Hathaway, United States 6) Larry Page-$111 billion, Google, United States 7) Sergey Brin-$107 billion, Google, United States 8) Larry Ellison-$106 billion, software, United States 9) Steve Balmer-$91.4 billion, Microsoft, United States 10) Mukesh Ambani-$90.7 billion, diversified, India Forbes richest women in the world for 2022Francoise Bettencourt Meyers & family-$74.4 billion, L'Oréal, France (ranking 14) Alice Walton-$65.3 billion, Walmart, United States (ranking 18) Julia Koch & family-$60 billion, Koch Industries, United States (ranking 21) MacKenzie Scott-$43.6 billion, Amazon, United States (ranking 30) Jacqueline Mars-$31.7 billion, candy, pet food, United States (ranking 41) Gina Rinehart-$30.2 billion, mining, Austrailia (ranking 46) Miriam Adelson-$27.5 billion, casinos, United States (ranking 50) Susanne Klatten-$24.3 billion, BMW, pharmaceuticals, Germany (ranking 56) Iris Fontbona & family-$22.2 billion, mining, Chile (ranking 67) Abigail Johnson-$21.2 billion, money management, United States (ranking 75) New billionaires on Forbes richest people listRenata Kellnerova & family-$16.6 billion, finance, telecommunications, Czechia (ranking 104) Francine von Finck & family-$8.4 billion, investments, Germany (ranking 254) Edythe Broad & family-$6.9 billion, homebuilding, insurance, United States (ranking 350) Melanie Perkins-$6.5 billion, software, Australia (ranking 386) Melinda French Gates-$6.2 billion, Microsoft, United States (ranking 411) Trudy Cathy White-$4.6 billion, Chick-fil-A, United States (ranking 622) Rihanna-$1.7 billion, music, cosmetics, Barbados (ranking 1,729) Jenny Just-$1.5 billion, fintech, United States (ranking 1,929) Gary Wang-$5.9 billion, cryptocurrency exchange, United States (ranking 431) Scott Shleifer-$5 billion, private equity, United States (ranking 552) Autry Stephens-$5 billion, oil, United States (ranking 552)
The richest 100 people in the world collectively hold wealth worth $$4,387 billion, Forbes real-time billionaires list has revealed. Upon a quick analysis of the list, here are some quite interesting facts that Business Insider has gathered. The data reflected below was collected on April 25, 2022. The list of 100 richest people in the world, as on April 25, 2022
Source: Forbes Real-time Billionaire listNote: As of April 25, 2022 US continues to be the biggest billionaire makerNearly 40% — or four in ten — individuals in the top 100 richest list are from the United States of America (USA). China created 13% of billionaires. In the top 10 list alone, seven people are from the USA, two are from India and one is from France. Gautam Adani is among the top five richest people in the worldEarlier in April, Gautam Adani of the Adani Group became the sixth richest person in the world surpassing the likes of Oracle’s Larry Ellison and Google’s Sergey Brin and Larry Page. By April 22, he jumped another rank to become the fifth richest person in the world. Adani’s net worth surpasses that of Reliance Industries' Mukesh Ambani at the moment. He is currently the richest person in Asia and in India. India is home to seven of the 100 richest people in the worldFrom only four in 2020, India is now home to seven of the 100 richest people in the world. The list includes Shiv Nadar of HCL Technologies at 53rd rank, Cyrus Poonawalla of Cyrus Poonawalla Group at 60th rank, Radhakishan Damani of DMart at 83rd rank, Savitri Jindal of O.P.Jindal Group at 86th rank and Lakshmi Mittal of ArcelorMittal at 90th rank. Adani sits on the fifth rank and Mukesh Ambani is at the eighth rank. There are 11 women in top 100 richest listThere are 11 women in the top 100 richest list, according to Forbes real-time Billionaires' list. The richest among them is French businesswoman Françoise Bettencourt Meyers, the granddaughter of the founder of L'Oreal, who sits on the 14th rank with a net worth of $76.4 billion. She is followed by Alice Walton, the only daughter of Walmart founder Sam Walton, at 16th rank with a networth of R70.7 billion. Julia Koch, who inherited her fortune from her husband David Koch, and Jeff Bezos’ ex-wife MacKenzie Scott are also part of the top 30 richest in the world. The list also includes Jacqueline Mars, Gina Rinehart, Susanne Klatten, Iris Fontbona, Abigail Johnson and Yang Huiyan. FTX’s CEO is the youngest billionaire in the top 100Sam Bankman-Fried, who is also known by his initials SBF, is the youngest billionaire in the top 100 richest list. He is the founder and chief executive officer (CEO) of US-based cryptocurrency exchange FTX. The 30-year-old currently sits on the 61st rank with a networth of $24 billion. The oldest billionaire in top 100 hails from ChinaAt 94, Lee Shau Kee is the oldest billionaire in the top 100 billionaires list, according to Forbes’ real time billionaire list. He is a Hong Kong-based business magnate, investor and philanthropist. He has co founded property developer Sun Hung Kai with Kwok Tak-Seng.He is currently the 41st richest person in the world with a networth of $33.1 billion. Overall, three people in the list are aged over 90.
Who is the top 20 billionaires in the world?List of 20 Richest Person in the world 2022. Who topped Forbes List 2022?Elon Musk is at the top of the list with a net worth of $273.5 billion. India's Gautam Adani attained second position in the list with a net worth of $155.5 billion on Forbes' Real-Time billionaire rankings, but immediately came down to the third spot with a fall in the share prices.
Who is the Rechest person in the world?Age: 51.. Residence: Texas.. Co-founder and CEO: Tesla.. Net Worth: $228 billion.. Tesla Ownership Stake: 15% ($99.3 billion). Other Assets: Space Exploration Technologies ($46.9 billion private asset), The Boring Company ($3.33 billion private asset), Twitter ($3.8 billion public asset), $17.8 billion in cash9106.. Who are the top 100 richest man in the world?Full List. |