Who are the richest people in the world?

Introduction
The world’s richest individuals represent an exclusive club where billions of dollars are the entry ticket.

Their wealth, accumulated through entrepreneurship, innovation, and savvy investments, is staggering.

From tech tycoons to retail magnates, let’s enter into the financial heavyweights of 2024.

#1 Elon Musk Net Worth – $243 Billion

Elon Musk FRS is a technology entrepreneur who is best known as the CEO of Tesla and the founder of SpaceX.

Musk also founded X.com in 1999, which later became PayPal.

#2 Bernard Arnault Net Worth – $186 Billion

Arnault is a French businessman and CEO of the world’s largest luxury products company, LVMH. LVMH itself now comprises 75 ‘houses,’ including:

• TAG Heuer;
• Givenchy;
• Bulgari;
• Dom Pérignon.

  In 2019, he had an increase of nearly $32 billion to his net worth.

#3 Jeff Bezos Net Worth – $166 Billion

Jeff Bezos is a billionaire and founder of Amazon.com. His company “Bezos Expeditions” is a partial funder of businesses like Uber, Twitter, and Airbnb. He is considered to be an e-commerce pioneer and consumerism revolutionary.

In 2013, Jeff purchased The Washington Post.

In 1986, he graduated summa cum laude and received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Princeton University.

In 2019, he suffered a drop in net worth after he paid out $38 billion in a divorce settlement.

In January 2020, Bezos bought the most expensive property in LA from David Geffen for $165 million.

In December 2021, Jeff acquired a compound located on La Perouse Bay for $78 million.

#4 Larry Ellison Net Worth – $131 Billion