Who’s the richest person in the world? It all depends on the day. For regular folks like us, our net worth doesn’t change that much from day to day, but for billionaires?
Their net worths change every day because of fluctuations in the stock market. A new report from “Forbes” tells us who currently holds the title.
- The magazine has been tracking the wealthiest people on the planet for decades.
- In 1982, they started reporting the 400 richest Americans with the Forbes 400 and they’ve been following the world’s billionaires since 1987.
- According to Forbes’ Real-Time Billionaires List, which just came out, Elon Musk is now the richest person in the world.
- The founder of SpaceX, CEO of Tesla and owner of X has a net worth of approximately $222-billion as of earlier this month.
- Amazon founder Jeff Bezos comes in second, with an approximate net worth of $186-billion.
- Mark Zuckerberg, who started Facebook when he was just 19 and is co-founder of Meta, is third on the list, with an approximate net worth of over $184-billion.
The World’s Wealthiest People, According to Forbes’ Real-Time Billionaires List
- Elon Musk
- Jeff Bezos
- Mark Zuckerberg
- Bernard Arnault and family
- Larry Ellison
- Warren Buffet
- Larry Page
- Bill Gates
- Sergey Brin
- Steve Ballmer
Source: USA Today