In the list of ultra-rich people of the world, released by the fortnightly business magazine, Mukesh Ambani is the only Indian who made a spot in the top 10 list of Forbes Billionaire List 2022 with a net worth of $90.7 billion. Besides, the founder of recently debutante, Nykaa’s founder Falguni Nayar also made it to the top 1000.
Gautam Adani & Family has a net worth of $90 billion dollars that brings it to the eleventh spot. His source of wealth creation is infrastructure and commodities.
Here’s The List Of The Top 10 Richest Person In The World:
Post 2020, the year stricken by the pandemic, there is an immense surge seen in the wealth of the world’s top five richest business tycoons. Notably, in the list there are 8 business tycoons hailing from the United States Of America, and 2 are non-American, which include Indian Business Mogul Mukesh Amabni and French Billionaire Bernard Arnault.
Six of ten of the billionaires belong to the Tech sector, while the exceptionals are Elon Musk, Mukesh Ambani, Bernard Arnault and Warren Buffet.
| Rank | Name | Net Worth | Country/Territory | Source | Industry |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Elon Musk | $219 Bn | United States | Tesla, SpaceX | Automotive |
| 2 | Jeff Bezos | $171 B | United States | Amazon | Technology |
| 3 | Bernard Arnault & family | $158 B | France | LVMH | Fashion Retail |
| 4 | Bill Gates | $129 B | United States | Microsoft | Technology |
| 5 | Warren Buffett | $118 B | United States | Berkshire Hathaway | Finance & Investments |
| 6 | Larry Page | $111 B | United States | Technology | |
| 7 | Sergey Brin | $107 B | United States | Technology | |
| 8 | Larry Ellison | $106 B | United States | Software | Technology |
| 9 | Steve Ballmer | $91.4 B | United States | Microsoft | Technology |
| 10 | Mukesh Ambani | $90.7 B | India | Diversified | Diversified |
Change In Net Worth Of Top 5 The Richest People On The Planet:
1. Elon Musk:
Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, has seen a huge increase in his net worth over the last two years, which helped him wear the title of the world’ richest person. In 2020, his net worth accumulated to $24.6 billion, in 2021, the net worth saw a multifold jump to $151 billion and in 2022, his net worth increased to $219 billion.
In 2021, he was the second richest billionaire while in 2020 he was the 31st richest person in the world.
2. Jeff Bezos:
The founder of e-commerce giant– Amazon has slid to number two spot in this year’s edition of the richest people around the globe by Forbes. He lost a billion from his total net worth compared with last year’s. Bezos saw a significant rise in his net worth in the pandemic scarred year of 2020 to 2021, from $113 billion in 2020 to $177 billion in 2021. Many reports suggested that the possibility in the surge of Bezos’ net worth is due to the pandemic created demand for home-delivery of essential goods and services.
3. Bernard Arnault
French business magnate, the chief executive of luxury goods brand LVMH Moët Hennessy – Louis Vuitton SE, Bernard Arnault consecutively for the third time remains the third richest person on Earth. In 2019, his net worth was $76 billion which continued to be the same in 2020, but a noticeable uptick in wealth could be noticed in 2021, when Mr Arnault’s net worth rose tremendously to $150 billion, almost twice! In 2022, he added $8 billion to his net worth.
4. Bill Gates:
Co-founder of Microsoft, Bill Gates, had been steadily seeing a marginal rise in his net worth until 2021, when his total wealth jumped to $124 billion from $98 billion in 2020. In 2019, his net worth was $96.5 billion and $90 billion in the previous year from that.
5. Warren Buffet
Warren Buffet, famously known as the king of wall street, has a net worth of $118 billion in 2022, which is on a spree, as in 2020 his net worth plunged to $67.5 billion from $82.5 billion in 2019. Since 2020, his asset value has garnered upward momentum and in 2021, his net worth inched up to $96 billion. His source of wealth was finance and investment.
Mukesh Ambani: The Tenth Richest Person On Earth
Indian business tycoon, Mukesh Ambani, the chairman, managing director, and the largest shareholder of Reliance Industries Ltd. i the tenth richest person on Earth followed by Gautam Adani with a net worth of $90 Billion.
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Top Ten Billionaire Women On Forbes List:
Francoise Bettencourt Meyers, the granddaughter of the founder of L’Oreal, a french personal care company, is the richest woman on Earth. Overall, she is the fourteenth richest person on the planet with a net worth of $74.8 B. After her, the only daughter –Alice Walton of the Walmart founder is the richest lady on the Earth.
| Rank | Name | Net Worth | Country/Territory | Source | Industry |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | Francoise Bettencourt Meyers | $74.8 B | France | L'Oréal | Fashion & Retail |
| 18 | Alice Walton | $65.3 B | United States | Walmart | Fashion & Retail |
| 21 | Julia Koch & family | $60 B | United States | Koch Industries | Diversified |
| 30 | MacKenzie Scott | $43.6 B | United States | Amazon | Technology |
| 41 | Jacqueline Mars | $31.7 B | United States | Candy, Pet food | Food & Beverage |
| 46 | Gina Rinehart | $30.2 B | Australia | Mining | Metals & Mining |
| 50 | Miriam Adelson | $27.5 B | United States | casinos | Gambling & Casinos |
| 56 | Susanne Klatten | $24.3 B | Germany | BMW, Pharmaceuticals | Automotive |
| 67 | Iris Fontbona & family | $22.8 B | Chile | Mining | Metals & Mining |
| 75 | Abigail Johnson | $21.2 B | United States | Money management | Finance & Investments |
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According to the publication, the ultra-rich have been hammered by “war, pandemic, and slow markets.” 1,000 billionaires, on the other hand, are now wealthier than they were a year ago.
A total of 236 billionaires have made a debut to the list, with America leading the way with 735 billionaires having collective worth of $4.7 trillion. Nykaa founder Falguni Nayar, also debuted to the list this year.
Russia and China saw a dramatic drop in the billionaire making a space for themselves in the Forbes list.
According to Forbes, 34 Russian billionaires have missed making to the list as compared with the last year as a result of Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, and China has 87 less billionaires as a result of a government crackdown on tech companies.