Top 10 Richest Person In The World, Complete List

Top 10 Richest Person

Top 10 Richest Person In The World: The top 10 richest people in the world are measured by documented net worth of the wealthiest billionaires. This data is compiled and published in March year by the American business magazine Forbes. This list was first published in March in the year 1987. The total net worth of each individual on the list is evaluated and is mentioned in US dollars on the basis of their documented assets and accounting for debt and other factors. Those whose wealth comes from their position are excluded from this list. So in this article, we will list down the Top 10 richest people in the world. 

List of Top 10 Richest Person In The World

War, pandemic and retreating markets have hit the world’s billionaires this year. According to Forbes’ 36th-annual ranking, there are 2,668 on the list with a total worth of $12.7 trillion. Here is the list of the top 10 richest people in the world. According to Data published by Forbes magazines, Elon Musk tops the world's richest person in the world with a net worth of $219 Billion, he is the founder of Telsa, SpaceX, followed by Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon whose net worth is $171 Billion. Whereas, Mukesh Ambani ranked 10th on the list with a net worth of $90.7 Billion. 

Top 10 Richest Person In The World

The data relating to the Top 10 richest people in the world is compiled and published by the American Business Magazine Forbes, which releases the list every year in March. Read out in detail to more about the richest personality across the world to know in detail about their rank, net worth, nationality and source.   

Elon Musk

Elon Musk is the co-founder of six companies including electric car maker Tesla, rocket producer SpaceX and tunnelling startup Boring Company. According to Forbes’ 36th-annual ranking, Elon musk tops the list with a net worth of $219 Billion. He holds citizenship in three countries, namely, South Africa (1971–present), Canada (1989–present), and the United States (2002-present).

Jeff Bezos

Jeff Bezos founded the e-commerce company Amazon in 1994. He owns The Washington Post and Blue Origin, an aerospace company that develops rockets. In the year 2021, July 2021, he stepped down as CEO to become the executive chairman of the company. He owns less than 10% of the company. Jeff Bezos is in the 2nd position as the World's Richest Person. His net worth is $171 Billion.   

Bernard Arnault & family

Bernard Arnault & family ranks 3rd on the list of the Top 10 richest people in the world with a net worth of $158 Billion according to Forbes Magazine 2022. He supervises LVMH empires including Louis Vuitton and Sephora. Bernard Arnault's five children work in corners of the LVMH empire: Frédéric, Delphine, Antoine and Alexandre, Jean. He is the richest person in Europe. 

Bill Gates

Bill Gates is an American business magnate and philanthropist. He is a co-founder of Microsoft, along with his late childhood friend named Paul Allen. He ranks 4th on the list with a net worth of $129 Billion. He is the third richest person in United Nations. He has now turned his fortune from a Software company to diversified fields. 

Warren Buffett

Also known as the “Oracle of Omaha”, he is one of the most successful investors of all time. Warren Buffett ranks 5th on the list with a net worth of $118 B. Buffett runs Berkshire Hathaway, which includes dozens of companies, including insurer Geico, battery maker Duracell and restaurant chain Dairy Queen.

Larry Page

Larry Page stepped down as CEO of Alphabet which was the parent company of Google, in December in the year  2019 but remains a board member and a controlling shareholder. He cofounded Google in 1998 with a fellow Stanford PhD student named Sergey Brin. He is ranked 6th with a net worth of $111 Billion. 

Sergey Brin

Sergey Brin also stepped down as president of Alphabet, the parent company of Google in December in the year 2019 along with Larry Page but remains a controller shareholder and a board member. He co-founded the company Google with Larry Page in 1998. He ranked as the 7th World richest person according to Forbes 2022 with a net worth of $107 B. 

Larry Ellison

Larry Ellison is the chairman, CTO(Chief Technology Officer) and cofounder of software giant Oracle of which he owns about 35%. He ranked 8th as the world's richest person according to Forbes 2022 with a net worth of $106 B. 

Steve Ballmer

Steve Ballmer is the former CEO of Microsoft from 200 to 2014, currently, he owns the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He joined Microsoft as Employ. No. 30 after dropping from Stanford's MBA program. He was hired by Bill gates. He is ranked 9th on the list of the world's richest people according to Forbes Magazines with a net worth of $91.4 Billion. 

Mukesh Ambani

Mukesh Ambani runs Reliance Industries which has interests in diversified fields, namely, petrochemicals, oil and gas, telecom and retail. This industry was founded by his late father Dhirubhai Ambani who was a yarn trader, and a small textile manufacturer. After his father's death in the year 2002, the industry was held up by Ambani and his younger sibling Anil Ambani.  In the year 2016, Reliance sparked a telecom price war with the launch of the 4G phone and broadband service Jio. Currently,  it has more than 420 million subscribers. Mukesh Ambani's empire will be succeeded by son Akash Ambani as Chairman of Reliance Jio; daughter Isha oversees retail and younger son Anant has been inducted into the new energy business. He ranked as the 10th richest person in the world with a net worth of $90.7 Billion. He tops as the Richest person in India.