Jeff Bezos and Bernard Arnault are worth a combined $400 billion — here are the routes they took to achieve mega-wealth

<p class="ingestion featured-caption">Jeff Bezos and Bernard Arnault are the world's two richest people.Getty Images</p><ul class="summary-list"><li>Jeff Bezos and Bernard Arnault have a combined net worth of around $400 billion.</li><li>Bezos and Arnault are the world's richest people, topping Bloomberg's Billionaires Index. </li></ul><p>Jeff Bezos and Bernard Arnault are the world's two richest people, with a combined net worth of around $400 billion.</p><p>Arnault, the owner of the luxury goods conglomerate LVMH, is ranked first on <a target="_blank" href="https://www.bloomberg.com/billionaires/?sref=lAVQtUwz">Bloomberg's Billionaires Index,</a> with a net worth of $202 billion. He's the CEO and chair of the <a target="_blank" rel href="https://www.businessinsider.com/bernard-arnault-lvmh-children-delphine-antoine-alexandre-frederic-jean-dior-2023-1"><u>French luxury conglomerate</u></a> with companies spanning fashion, jewelry, watches, perfume, and alcohol, including brands Tiffany & Co and Dom Pérignon. <br /><br />Amazon founder Bezos is ranked second on the index, with a net worth of $197 billion.<strong> </strong>Although both billionaires have built their own empires, how the pair acquired wealth is vastly different.<br /><br />This is how they made their fortunes:</p>