The world’s richest people (Top Billionaires, 2022)
As of February 21, 2022, Elon Musk had a net worth valued at $220 billion, making him the richest man in the world, followed by Amazon’s founder and former CEO Jeff Bezos (net worth: $177 billion). Musk is the CEO of Tesla and the founder and CEO of SpaceX. LVMH’s Chairman and CEO, Bernard Arnault,
The world’s richest people (Top Billionaires, 2022)
As of February 21, 2022, Elon Musk had a net worth valued at $220 billion, making him the richest man in the world, followed by Amazon’s founder and former CEO Jeff Bezos (net worth: $177 billion). Musk is the CEO of Tesla and the founder and CEO of SpaceX.
LVMH’s Chairman and CEO, Bernard Arnault, is the 3rd-richest person in the world, with approximately $160 billion in current real-time total net worth. Microsoft mogul Bill Gates ranked 4th with a personal wealth of $125 billion, followed by Larry Page with $117 billion. Bernard Arnault is the wealthiest European on the list. The Frenchman oversees the LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton empire of more than 70 brands, including Louis Vuitton, Moët & Chandon, and TAG Heuer. Here we look at the top 100 richest people in the world:
The World’s Billionaires – Richest people in the world, 2022
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| RANK | NAME | NET WORTH | INDUSTRY | COUNTRY |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Elon Musk | $220 billion | Technology | United States |
| 2 | Jeff Bezos | $177 billion | Technology | United States |
| 3 | Bernard Arnault | $160 billion | Consumer | France |
| 4 | Bill Gates | $125 billion | Technology | United States |
| 5 | Larry Page | $117 billion | Technology | United States |
| 6 | Warren Buffett | $114 billion | Diversified | United States |
| 7 | Sergey Brin | $112 billion | Technology | United States |
| 8 | Steve Ballmer | $104 billion | Technology | United States |
| 9 | Larry Ellison | $93.3 billion | Technology | United States |
| 10 | Mukesh Ambani | $91.9 billion | Energy | India |
| 11 | Gautam Adani | $87.8 billion | Industrial | India |
| 12 | Francoise Bettencourt Meyers | $81.3 billion | Consumer | France |
| 13 | Mark Zuckerberg | $78.2 billion | Technology | United States |
| 14 | Zhong Shanshan | $77.5 billion | Diversified | China |
| 15 | Changpeng Zhao | $72.2 billion | Finance | Canada |
| 16 | Michael Bloomberg | $70 billion | Media | United States |
| 17 | Carlos Slim | $68.6 billion | Diversified | Mexico |
| 18 | Jim Walton | $62.5 billion | Retail | United States |
| 19 | Rob Walton | $62.1 billion | Retail | United States |
| 20 | Amancio Ortega | $60.6 billion | Retail | Spain |
| 21 | Alice Walton | $60.6 billion | Retail | United States |
| 22 | Charles Koch | $58.4 billion | Industrial | United States |
| 23 | Julia Flesher Koch & family | $58.4 billion | Industrial | United States |
| 24 | Michael Dell | $56.8 billion | Technology | United States |
| 25 | Phil Knight & family | $54.9 billion | Consumer | United States |
| 26 | MacKenzie Scott | $51.4 billion | Technology | United States |
| 27 | Francois Pinault | $49.4 billion | Consumer | France |
| 28 | Jacqueline Badger Mars | $48.7 billion | Food and Beverage | United States |
| 29 | John Mars | $48.7 billion | Food and Beverage | United States |
| 30 | Ma Huateng | $48.1 billion | Technology | China |
| 31 | Zeng Yuqun | $48.0 billion | Industrial | Hong Kong |
| 32 | Zhang Yiming | $44.5 billion | Technology | China |
| 33 | Jack Ma | $38.4 billion | Technology | China |
| 34 | Len Blavatnik | $38.3 billion | Diversified | United States |
| 35 | Klaus-Michael Kuehne | $37.3 billion | Industrial | Germany |
| 36 | Stephen Schwarzman | $36.5 billion | Finance | United States |
| 37 | Giovanni Ferrero | $35.1 billion | Food and Beverage | Italy |
| 38 | Pallonji Mistry | $34.3 billion | Industrial | Ireland |
| 39 | Azim Premji | $33.8 billion | Technology | India |
| 40 | William Ding | $31.7 billion | Technology | China |
| 41 | He Xiangjian | $31.3 billion | Consumer | China |
| 42 | Leonardo Del Vecchio | $31.2 billion | Consumer | Italy |
| 43 | Leonard Lauder | $31.2 billion | Consumer | United States |
| 44 | Li Ka-shing | $31.1 billion | Real Estate | Hong Kong |
| 45 | Miriam Adelson | $30.4 billion | Entertainment | United States |
| 46 | Ken Griffin | $30.4 billion | Finance | United States |
| 47 | Vladimir Potanin | $30.2 billion | Commodities | Russia |
| 48 | Dieter Schwarz | $29.6 billion | Retail | Germany |
| 49 | Tadashi Yanai | $29.2 billion | Retail | Japan |
| 50 | Shiv Nadar | $29.1 billion | Technology | India |
| 51 | Alexey Mordashov | $28.5 billion | Industrial | Russia |
| 52 | Leonid Mikhelson | $28.5 billion | Energy | Russia |
| 53 | Alain Wertheimer | $28.2 billion | Consumer | France |
| 54 | Gerard Wertheimer | $28.2 billion | Consumer | France |
| 55 | German Larrea | $28.0 billion | Commodities | Mexico |
| 56 | Vladimir Lisin | $27.8 billion | Industrial | Russia |
| 57 | Takemitsu Takizaki | $27.0 billion | Technology | Japan |
| 58 | Henry Cheng | $25.5 billion | Retail | Hong Kong |
| 59 | Eric Schmidt | $25.2 billion | Technology | United States |
| 60 | James Simons | $25.1 billion | Finance | United States |
| 61 | Dan Gilbert | $24.4 billion | Real Estate | United States |
| 62 | Yang Huiyan | $24.3 billion | Real Estate | China |
| 63 | Lee Shau Kee | $23.8 billion | Real Estate | Hong Kong |
| 64 | Carl Icahn | $23.6 billion | Diversified | United States |
| 65 | Susanne Klatten | $23.4 billion | Industrial | Germany |
| 66 | Qin Yinglin | $23.2 billion | Food and Beverage | China |
| 67 | Gina Rinehart | $22.4 billion | Commodities | Australia |
| 68 | Stefan Quandt | $22.2 billion | Industrial | Germany |
| 69 | Sam Bankman-Fried | $22.2 billion | Finance | United States |
| 70 | Thomas Peterffy | $22.0 billion | Finance | United States |
| 71 | Jorge Paulo Lemann | $22.0 billion | Food and Beverage | Brazil |
| 72 | Thomas Frist | $21.9 billion | Health Care | United States |
| 73 | Iris Fontbona | $21.8 billion | Commodities | Chile |
| 74 | Jensen Huang | $21.8 billion | Technology | United States |
| 75 | John Menard | $21.7 billion | Retail | United States |
| 76 | Vagit Alekperov | $21.7 billion | Energy | Russian Federation |
| 77 | Radhakishan Damani | $21.5 billion | Retail | India |
| 78 | Lukas Walton | $21.4 billion | Retail | United States |
| 79 | Alisher Usmanov | $21.3 billion | Diversified | Russia |
| 80 | Pang Kang | $20.9 billion | Food and Beverage | China |
| 81 | Wang Wei | $20.8 billion | Services | China |
| 82 | Wang Chuan-Fu | $20.6 billion | Consumer | China |
| 83 | James Dyson | $20.5 billion | Consumer | United Kingdom |
| 84 | Andrew Forrest | $20.5 billion | Commodities | Australia |
| 85 | Huang Shilin | $20.5 billion | Industrial | China |
| 86 | Li Shu Fu | $20.5 billion | Industrial | China |
| 87 | Ernesto Bertarelli | $20.4 billion | Diversified | Switzerland |
| 88 | Zhang Zhidong | $20.3 billion | Technology | China |
| 89 | Elaine Marshall | $20.0 billion | Industrial | United States |
| 90 | Aliko Dangote | $19.9 billion | Industrial | Nigeria |
| 91 | Masayoshi Son | $19.9 billion | Technology | Japan |
| 92 | Lakshmi Mittal | $19.9 billion | Commodities | India |
| 93 | Colin Huang | $19.7 billion | Technology | China |
| 94 | Abigail Johnson | $19.7 billion | Finance | United States |
| 95 | Peter Woo | $19.7 billion | Real Estate | Hong Kong |
| 96 | Stefan Persson | $19.6 billion | Retail | Sweden |
| 97 | Budi Hartono | $19.6 billion | Diversified | Indonesia |
| 98 | Guillaume Pousaz | $19.4 billion | Technology | Switzerland |
| 99 | Robert Kuok | $19.2 billion | Diversified | Malaysia |
| 100 | Donald Bren | $19.2 billion | Real Estate | United States |
To find our list of billionaires, we based our study on real-time ranking obtained from Bloomberg, The Richest, Money Inc, Cheat Sheet, GOBankingRates, Celebritynetworth, Wealthygorilla, Forbes, and more, collecting a list of 501 billionaires in total. The score ranks each billionaire from highest to lowest net worth revealing who is the richest person in the world. The list includes self-made billionaires, heirs of family fortunes, to business tycoons who have made a lasting impact on the population. Their power and influence extend beyond those in the industry, so much so that even those with no interest in business want to know how to get to the top of the chain.
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