Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and 12 Others That Have Racked Up $100 Billion+ Net Worth
Megawealth is “surging around the globe,” according to Forbes, and there’s no shortage of people knocking at the door. In a timeless tale of the rich getting richer, there are now 14 billionaires worth more than $100 billion, up from six last year and one in 2020.
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The usual suspects are front and center. Bernard Arnault has retained his place atop Forbes’ World’s Billionaires list — and the list is littered with familiar names like Musk, Bezos, Zuckerberg, Gates and Buffett.
Just shy of the top 14 are the 15th and 16th richest people in the world: L’Oréal heiress Francoise Bettencourt Meyers (the wealthiest woman at No. 16), and Michael Dell, CEO of Dell Technologies, at No. 15. Both hold net worths of more than $90 billion.
Forbes’ Real-Time Billionaires list is always changing (Elon Musk has dropped a spot to No. 3; Michael Dell jumped one spot to No. 15 as of late), but here are the 14 mega-billionaires and their net worth — collectively worth $2 trillion — as of Apr. 9.
The 14 Billionaires That Are Worth Over $100 Billion
1. Bernard Arnault
Net Worth: $217.5 billion
Source of Wealth: LVMH
The 75-year-old Arnault is chairman and CEO of LVMH (Moët Hennessy – Louis Vuitton), the world’s leading luxury products group. His latest business venture is a potential purchase of “Paris Match,” the popular news and current-events magazine in France.
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2. Jeff Bezos
Net Worth: $202.9 billion
Source of Wealth: Amazon
Bezos overtook Elon Musk as the second richest person in the world, with a net worth of $203 billion last week. But that could change tomorrow. Founding Amazon out of his Seattle garage in 1994, Bezos stepped down as CEO in 2021 but remains with the company as executive chairman. He is the 25th largest landowner in the U.S., per The Land Report.
3. Elon Musk
Net Worth: $195 billion
Source of Wealth: Tesla, SpaceX
Musk is technically the third-richest person in the world today, having been surpassed by Bezos since Forbes published its list of 14 mega-billionaires. The man with one of the biggest microphones in the world is always in the news, and despite a rough start to 2024, his wealth and companies tend to always rebound.
4. Mark Zuckerberg
Net Worth: $179.8 billion
Source of Wealth: Facebook
With the prospect of fighting Elon Musk in a cage behind him, Zuckerberg can get down to what he does best: making money. Zuck has never been richer, thanks to a tripling of Meta Platform Inc. shares over the last year and a hot start to 2024.
5. Larry Ellison
Net Worth: $151.9 billion
Source of Wealth: Oracle
Although not CEO anymore, “Ellison is still chairman, CTO and its largest shareholder, with 40% of the company,” according to Forbes. Ellison holds about 15 million share of Tesla and owns almost all of Lanai, the Hawaiian island he bought for $300 million in 2012.
6. Warren Buffett
Net Worth: $136.6 billion
Source of Wealth: Berkshire Hathaway
The Berkshire Hathaway co-founder, chairman and CEO sits sixth on Forbes’ rankings of the richest people in the world. With a net worth of $133 billion, “The Oracle of Omaha” is one of the most successful investors the world has ever known.
7. Bill Gates
Net Worth: $131 billion
Source of Wealth: Microsoft
The world’s richest person for an astounding 18 of the 23 years from 1995 to 2017, Gates still sits at No. 7 on Forbes’ billionaires list for 2024, despite the money drains of a costly divorce and significant charitable donations.
8. Larry Page
Net Worth: $129.9 billion
Source of Wealth: Google
Page and his founding partner of Google, Sergey Brin, removed themselves from daily operations in 2019, but remain the company’s top shareholders. According to Inc.com, in “the ultimate ‘I’ve arrived’ statement,” Page owns at least five private islands.
9. Steve Ballmer
Net Worth: $125.3 billion
Source of Wealth: Microsoft
As CNN Business pointed out, Ballmer is set to make $1 billion in passive income this year from Microsoft dividends. As Fortune detailed, Ballmer was once Bill Gates’ assistant.
10. Sergey Brin
Net Worth: $124.7 billion
Source of Wealth: Google
According to Forbes, Brin remains a board member and controlling shareholder of Alphabet after stepping down as president in 2019. Brin co-founded the company, as Google, back in 1998 with Larry Page.
11. Mukesh Ambani
Net Worth: $115.5 billion
Source of Wealth: Reliance Industries
Mukesh Ambani, whose net worth shot up from $83 billion to $116 billion in 2024, is the first Asian to break into the $100 billion club. Mukesh Ambani’s wealth comes thanks to his Reliance Industries interests in refining, oil and gas, petrochemicals, telecoms, retail and media.
12. Amancio Ortega
Net Worth: $109.5 billion
Source of Wealth: Zara
Amancio Ortega has become one of the world’s most successful and respected fashion retail moguls, overseeing a fast-growing portfolio that includes “fast fashion” clothing chains Zara, Massimo Dutti, Pull & Bear, Bershka and Stradivarius.
13. Michael Bloomberg
Net Worth: $106.2 billion
Source of Wealth: Bloomberg LP
The former three-time mayor of New York — and Democratic presidential candidate — co-founded his Bloomberg LP media company in 1981 and currently owns 88% of the business, according to Forbes. A generous philanthropist, Bloomberg intends on transferring his Bloomberg LP stake to Bloomberg Philanthropies upon his passing, if not sooner.
14. Carlos Slim Helú
Net Worth: $104.5 billion
Source of Wealth: América Móvil Telecom
Mexico’s richest person was previously the world’s richest person from 2010 to 2013. Now, his biggest holdings are in telecommunications, via América Móvil, but Slim owns pieces of hundreds of companies through his Grupo Carso conglomerate.
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