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The 38th annual Forbes list of the world's billionaires found a record 2,781 billionaires with a total net wealth of $14.2 trillion. This is an increase of 141 members and $2 trillion from 2023, which held the previous record for the highest net worth gain on the list, surpassing the $900 billion record set in 2022.
Jeff Bezos. Jeffrey Preston Bezos ( / ˈbeɪzoʊs / BAY-zohss; [ 2] né Jorgensen; born January 12, 1964) is an American business magnate best known as the founder, executive chairman, and former president and CEO of Amazon, the world's largest e-commerce and cloud computing company. He is the second wealthiest person in the world, with a net ...
The Bloomberg Billionaires Index, launched in March 2012, is a daily ranking of the world's 500 richest people based on their net worth. [3] [4] [5] It features a profile of each billionaire, and includes a tool that allows users to compare the fortunes of multiple billionaires. The index is updated every day at the close of trading in New York.
Dr. Dre currently holds the record for the highest annual earnings for a musician, collecting $620 million in 2014, mainly through the sales of his headphone-manufacturing company, Beats Electronics. [9] Madonna is the first woman in music to earn $100 million for a year (2009) and has become the highest-paid female musician a record 11 times.
Kerry A. Dolan and Luisa Kroll, "Billionaire Dynasties", Forbes, 21 June 2001; Devon Pendleton, Bloomberg, Europe's richest royal gets richer as family bank lures wealthy, The Register Citizen, 28 October 2017; Tom Metcalf and Jack Witzig, World's Wealthiest Became $1 Trillion Richer in 2017, Bloomberg News, 27 December 2017
Bernard Arnault. Bernard Jean Étienne Arnault ( French: [bɛʁnaʁ ʒɑ̃ etjɛn aʁno]; born 5 March 1949) is a French businessman, investor and art collector. [2] [3] He is the founder, chairman and CEO of LVMH, the world's largest luxury goods company. Arnault is the third richest person in the world, with an estimated net worth of US$ 194 ...
Per Forbes (April 2024) [1]; Rank Rank per capita Country/Territory Billionaires Rate - World 2,781: 0.343 1 11 United States 813: 2.420 2 53 China 406: 0.288 3 58 India 200: 0.144
World ranking Name Citizenship Net worth Sources of wealth 51: Aliko Dangote Nigeria: 9.5 Billion: oil, sugar & cement 103: Mike Adenuga Nigeria: 5.2 Billion: Telecommunication, petroleum: 1011: Femi Otedola Nigeria: 1.85 Billion: Petroleum 1121: Folorunsho Alakija Nigeria: 1.55 Billion: Fashion industry, oil 1577: Abdul Samad Rabiu Nigeria: 1. ...