US-based business magazine Forbes published the list of the world’s richest people. US billionaire Elon Musk, owner of Tesla and Space X, lost his first place with the updated ranking.
According to the data in Forbes; the number of billionaires, who escaped the instability in global stock markets, the unrest in the world agenda and the ongoing inflation, increased by 141 people compared to last year and reached 2,781 people. The total wealth of billionaires was calculated as 14.2 trillion dollars, an increase of 2 trillion dollars compared to 2023.
Here are the 25 richest people in the world:
25 – Charles Koch / USA
24 – Zhong Shanshan / China
23 – Julia Koch / USA
22 – David Thomson and family / Canada
21 – Alice Walton / USA
20 – Jensen Huang / USA
19 – Rob Walton / USA
18 – Jim Walton / USA
17 – Gautam Adani / India
16 – Michael Dell / USA
15 – Francoise Bettencourt Meyers / France
14 – Carlos Slim Helu / Mexico
13 – Amancio Ortega / Spain
12 – Michael Bloomberg / USA
11 – Sergey Brin / USA
10 – Larry Page / USA
9 – Mukesh Ambani / India
8 – Steve Ballmer / USA
7 – Bill Gates / USA
6 – Warren Buffett / USA
5 – Larry Ellison / USA
4 – Mark Zuckerberg / USA
3 – Jeff Bezos / USA
2 – Elon Musk / USA
1 – Bernard Arnault / France
