The Bloomberg Billionaires Index gave a daily ranking of the world’s 500 richest people based on their net worth. Ten of the world’s wealthiest persons were ranked which were determined based on a dynamic measure of personal wealth contingent on changes in markets, the economy, and Bloomberg reporting.
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The top 10 Billionaires (Elon Musk topping the list) based on their net worth for 2023 are as follows:
- Elon Musk ($190 billion) – a South-African-born American entrepreneur who is the founder, CEO and chief engineer of SpaceX; angel investor, CEO and product architect of Tesla, Inc.; founder of The Boring Company; co-founder of Neuralink and OpenAI; president of the Musk Foundation; and owner and CEO of Twitter, Inc.
- Bernard Arnault & Family ($144 billion) – a French businessman, investor, and art collector. He is the co-founder, chairman, and chief executive of LVMH Moët Hennessy – Louis Vuitton SE, the world’s largest luxury goods company such as Givenchy, Marc Jacobs and Sephora
- Gautam Adani and family ($133 billion) – an Indian industrialist and the richest man in Asia. The Adani Group has interests in ports, airports, power generation, and transmission, green energy, edible oils, cement, and real estate, among others
- Jeff Bezos ($114 billion) – an American entrepreneur and founder/CEO of the multinational e-commerce company, Amazon
- Bill Gates ($107 billion) – an American business magnate and founder of the technology company, Microsoft
- Warren Buffet ($100 billion) – an American entrepreneur, chairman, and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, a company that owns businesses in insurance, rail transportation, energy generation and distribution, manufacturing, and retailing. He is also one of the most successful investors in the world
- Larry Ellison ($90.9 billion) – an American business magnate and investor who is the co-founder, executive chairman, chief technology officer and former chief executive officer of the technology company, Oracle Corporation. He is also a member of Tesla’s board of directors since 2018 after acquiring 3 million shares
- Mukesh Ambani ($89.0 billion) – an Indian businessman and chairman/managing director of Reliance Industries Ltd., a Fortune Global 500 company
- Larry Page ($81.4 billion) – an American businessman, computer scientist and investor. He is the co-founder of Google
- Steve Ballmer ($79.7 billion) – an American business magnate and investor. He is the owner of the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association, an American professional basketball team.
