The Richest People - You'll Be Surprised.
We have listed the ten richest people in the world for you.
Here are the ten richest business people in the world
Elon Musk |
1.Elon Musk: $398 billion
Elon Musk is at the top of our list.
Tesla's boss, Musk, took his share of the company's shares, whose value exceeded $ 1 trillion for the first time in October and rose 60 percent during the year, adding another $ 121 billion to his fortune. The billionaire entrepreneur recently sold millions of Tesla shares to pay his $12 billion in taxes.
Jeff Bezos |
2.Jeff Bezos: $200 billion
Jeff Bezos, who lost the first place on the list to Elon Musk, fell to the second place.
The performance of Bezos, who held the title of the richest person in the world before Musk, is not as
magnificent as Musk. Still, Bezos added $5 billion to his fortune in 2021. The 57-year-old businessman announced in July that he would leave his post as CEO of Amazon and devote more time to his startups such as Bezos Earth Fund, Blue Origin, Washington Post and Amazon Day 1 Fund.
Bernard Arnault |
3. Bernard Arnault: $237 billion
The CEO of LVMH, which owns luxury brands such as Louis Vuitton, Christian Dior and Givenchy, added $61 billion to his fortune in 2021. The 72-year-old businessman is also the richest person in Europe.
Bill Gates |
4. Bill Gates: $146 billion
Despite donating 10 billion dollars from his fortune for many years, Gates' wealth continued to increase thanks to the strong performance of his co-founder and Microsoft, where he still owns 1 percent of the shares.
Gates left all his duties at Microsoft a long time ago and spent most of his time taking care of the activities of the charity he founded.
Larry Page |
5. Larry Page: $177 billion
Larry Page, who left his position as CEO of Alphabet, which is worth more than two trillion dollars in November and which includes the Google company he founded, increased his fortune by 47 billion dollars in 2021 thanks to the strong performance of his company.
Mark Zuckerberg |
6.Mark Zuckerberg: $152 billion
The only name under the age of 40 in the top 10, 37-year-old Zuckerberg's fortune increased by a total of $ 24 billion this year. Zuckerberg owns 13 percent of Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram companies, whose share value has increased by 20 percent this year.
Sergey Brin |
7.Sergey Brin: $170 billion
Brin, the other co-founder of Google, has increased his fortune by $45 billion this year. Thus, Brin's name entered the $100 billion rich club for the first time. The 48-year-old businessman owns 38 million shares in Alphabet and also serves on the company's board of directors.
Steve Ballmer |
8. Steve Ballmer: $163 billion
Ballmer, ex-CEO of Microsoft and owner of the Los Angeles Clippers team struggling in the NBA, closed 2021 with a $ 41 billion fortune increase. The assets that contributed the most to Ballmer's fortune were his technology shares, such as Microsoft, which rose 50 percent during the year.
Larry Ellison |
9. Larry Ellison: $138 billion
Oracle had its second best performance in 20 years earlier this year, and Larry Ellison, the company's founder and chairman of the board, also received the award. The 77-year-old entrepreneur added $29 billion to his fortune and entered the $100 billion club for the first time this year.
Warren Buffet |
10. Warren Buffet: $130 billion
Buffet, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, seems to have fulfilled half of his previously announced goal of donating most of his wealth, but the performance of the investment company cannot be said to have helped. Also known as the Omaha oracle, the investor added $21 billion to his fortune in 2021.
I was most surprised by Jeff Bezos' sudden fall rather than Elon Musk's rise. Who on the list were you most surprised by?