Top 100 richest people in the world
Aug 25, 2024, 16:44 IST
- Nearly 40% — or four in ten — individuals in the top 100 richest list are from the USA.
- India is now home to ten of the 100 richest people in the world.
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The world of wealth and success is a constantly evolving landscape, with fortunes rising and falling year after year. In 2023, the top 100 richest people in the world are a fascinating mix of tech tycoons, business magnates, and entrepreneurs. This article delves into the lives and fortunes of these influential individuals, highlighting their total net worth, recent changes in wealth, and their respective industries.Here is the table of the top 100 richest people in the world based on the information provided:
| Rank | Name | Total Net Worth ($) | Last Change ($) | YOY Change ($) | Country / Region | Industry |
| 1 | Bernard Arnault & family | $233 B | +$2B | +$22B | France | Fashion & Retail |
| 2 | Elon Musk | $195 B | +$944M | +$15B | United States | Automotive |
| 3 | Jeff Bezos | $194 B | +$813M | +$80B | United States | Technology |
| 4 | Mark Zuckerberg | $177 B | +$517M | +$112.6B | United States | Technology |
| 5 | Larry Ellison | $141 B | +$563M | +$34B | United States | Technology |
| 6 | Warren Buffett | $133 B | +$524M | +$27B | United States | Finance & Investments |
| 7 | Bill Gates | $128 B | +$537M | +$24B | United States | Technology |
| 8 | Steve Ballmer | $121 B | +$1.02B | +$40.3B | United States | Technology |
| 9 | Mukesh Ambani | $116 B | +$61.1M | +$32.6B | India | Diversified |
| 10 | Larry Page | $114 B | -$160M | +$34.8B | United States | Technology |
| 11 | Sergey Brin | $110 B | +$266M | +$34M | United States | Technology |
| 12 | Michael Bloomberg | $106 B | -$352M | +$11.5B | United States | Finance & Investments |
| 13 | Amancio Ortega | $103 B | +$293M | +$25.7B | Spain | Fashion & Retail |
| 14 | Carlos Slim Helu & family | $102 B | +$987M | +$9B | Mexico | Telecom |
| 15 | Francoise Bettencourt Meyers & family | $99.5 B | +$216M | +$19B | France | Fashion & Retail |
| 16 | Michael Dell | $91 B | +$204M | +$40.9B | United States | Technology |
| 17 | Gautam Adani | $84 B | +$217M | +$36.8B | India | Diversified |
| 18 | Jim Walton & family | $78.4 B | -$2.18B | +$19.9B | United States | Fashion & Retail |
| 19 | Rob Walton & family | $77.4 B | +$65.7M | +$19.8B | United States | Fashion & Retail |
| 20 | Jensen Huang | $77 B | +$228M | +$55.9B | United States | Technology |
| 21 | Alice Walton | $72.3 B | -$57.3M | +$15.6B | United States | Fashion & Retail |
| 22 | David Thomson & family | $67.8 B | +$60.1M | +$13.4B | Canada | Media & Entertainment |
| 23 | Julia Koch & family | $64.3 B | -$96.9M | +$5.3B | United States | Diversified |
| 24 | Zhong Shanshan | $62.3 B | -$96.9M | -$5.7B | China | Food & Beverage |
| 25 | Charles Koch & family | $58.5 B | $0 | -$0.5B | United States | Diversified |
| 26 | Giovanni Ferrero | $43.8 B | +$225M | -$2.01B | Italy | Food & Beverage |
| 27 | Prajogo Pangestu | $43.4 B | +$225M | -$2.01B | Indonesia | Diversified |
| 28 | Zhang Yiming | $43.4 B | +$371M | -$3.82B | China | Technology |
| 29 | Tadashi Yanai & family | $42.8 B | -$377M | +$7.78B | Japan | Fashion & Retail |
| 30 | Phil Knight & family | $40.9 B | -$1.87B | +$25.3B | United States | Fashion & Retail |
| 31 | Mark Mateschitz | $39.6 B | +$184M | +$2.84B | Austria | Food & Beverage |
| 32 | Klaus-Michael Kuehne | $39.2 B | -$166M | +$8.21B | Germany | Logistics |
| 33 | Colin Huang | $38.9 B | +$36.9M | +$7.22B | China | Technology |
| 34 | Stephen Schwarzman | $38.8 B | +$209M | +$4.31B | United States | Finance & Investments |
| 35 | Jacqueline Mars | $38.5 B | +$256M | +$8.69B | United States | Food & Beverage |
| 36 | John Mars | $38.5 B | +$135M | -$1.47B | United States | Food & Beverage |
| 37 | Dieter Schwarz | $38 B | +$48.1M | -$1.49B | Germany | Fashion & Retail |
| 38 | Li Ka-shing | $37.3 B | +$86.8M | -$9.13B | Hong Kong | Diversified |
| 39 | Shiv Nadar | $36.9 B | -$662M | +$9.31B | India | Fashion & Retail |
| 40 | Alain Wertheimer | $36.8 B | +$114M | +$5.27B | France | Fashion & Retail |
| 41 | Gerard Wertheimer | $36.8 B | -$105M | +$4.09B | France | Fashion & Retail |
| 42 | Ken Griffin | $36.4 B | +$44.7M | +$28.9M | United States | Finance & Investments |
| 43 | MacKenzie Scott | $35.6 B | -$287M | +$11.2B | United States | Technology |
| 44 | Thomas Peterffy | $34 B | +$133M | +$5.05B | United States | Finance & Investments |
| 45 | Reinhold Wuerth & family | $33.6B | +$52.6M | +$6.67B | Germany | Manufacturing |
| 46 | William Ding | $33.5 B | +$87.0M | -$3.04B | China | Technology |
| 47 | Savitri Jindal & family | $33.5 B | +$173M | +$350M | India | Metals & Mining |
| 48 | Gianluigi Aponte | $33.1 B | -$147M | +$5.83B | Switzerland | Logistics |
| 49 | Rafaela Aponte-Diamant | $33.1 B | +$112M | -$461M | Switzerland | Logistics |
| 50 | Changpeng Zhao | $33 B | +$100M | -$4.88B | Canada | Finance & Investments |
| 51 | Masayoshi Son | $32.7 B | +$150M | +$3.33B | Japan | Finance & Investments |
| 52 | Len Blavatnik | $32.1 B | +$15.5M | +$3.06B | United States | Diversified |
| 53 | Miriam Adelson & family | $27.3B | +$1.11B | -$993M | United States | Gambling & Casinos |
| 54 | François Pinault & family | $31.6 B | +$132M | +$8.33B | France | Fashion & Retail |
| 55 | Jim Simons | $31.4 B | +$103M | -$6.15B | United States | Finance & Investments |
| 56 | Gina Rinehart | $30.8 B | +$150M | +$3.94B | Australia | Metals & Mining |
| 57 | Ma Huateng | $30.2 B | +$1.08B | +$13.9B | China | Technology |
| 58 | Abigail Johnson | $29 B | +$28.5M | +$3.57B | United States | Finance & Investments |
| 59 | Vagit Alekperov | $25.1B | +$76.2M | +$2.96B | Russia | Energy |
| 60 | Eduardo Saverin | $28 B | +$63.8M | +$36.5M | Brazil | Technology |
| 61 | Lukas Walton | $28 B | +$89.5M | -$158M | United States | Fashion & Retail |
| 62 | Germán Larrea Mota Velasco & family | $27.9 B | +$21.9M | +$1.11B | Mexico | Metals & Mining |
| 63 | Lee Shau Kee | $27.9 B | +$238M | +$353M | Hong Kong | Real Estate |
| 64 | Jeff Yass | $27.6 B | +$85.5M | +$7.81B | United States | Finance & Investments |
| 65 | Andrea Pignataro | $27.5 B | +$66.6M | +$3.10B | Italy | Finance & Investments |
| 66 | Low Tuck Kwong | $27.4 B | -$3.49M | +$3.56B | Indonesia | Energy |
| 67 | Leonid Mikhelson & family | $27.4 B | +$312M | +$1.14B | Russia | Energy |
| 68 | Stefan Quandt | $27.3 B | +$343M | +$956M | Germany | Automotive |
| 69 | Dilip Shanghvi | $26.7 B | +$137M | +$8.79B | India | Healthcare |
| 70 | Vladimir Lisin | $26.6 B | +$175M | +$2.32B | Russia | Metals & Mining |
| 71 | R. Budi Hartono | $26.5 B | $0 | -$2.01B | Indonesia | Finance & Investments |
| 72 | Susanne Klatten | $26.5 B | +$258M | -$613M | Germany | Automotive |
| 73 | Thomas Frist, Jr. & family | $26.2 B | +$25.0M | +$5.27B | United States | Healthcare |
| 74 | Daniel Gilbert | $26.2 B | -$297M | +$2.40B | United States | Finance & Investments |
| 75 | Iris Fontbona & family | $25.7 B | -$18.7M | +$4.99B | Chile | Metals & Mining |
| 76 | Emmanuel Besnier | $25.5 B | +$102M | +$5.00B | France | Food & Beverage |
| 77 | Michael Hartono | $25.5 B | +$63.7M | -$3.85B | Indonesia | Manufacturing |
| 78 | Alexey Mordashov & family | $25.5 B | +$193M | -$1.82B | Russia | Metals & Mining |
| 79 | John Menard, Jr. | $25.2 B | +$46.6M | -$847M | United States | Fashion & Retail |
| 80 | He Xiangjian & family | $25.1 B | -$284M | +$2.41B | China | Manufacturing |
| 81 | Jack Ma | $24.5 B | +$5.76M | +$8.34B | China | Technology |
| 82 | Elaine Marshall & family | $24.5 B | +$18.8M | +$2.26B | United States | Diversified |
| 83 | Autry Stephens | $24.3 B | +$222M | -$4.29B | United States | Energy |
| 84 | Eyal Ofer | $24 B | +$114M | -$1.71B | Israel | Diversified |
| 85 | Vladimir Potanin | $23.7 B | +$25.0M | $0 | Russia | Metals & Mining |
| 86 | Gennady Timchenko | $23.4 B | +$204M | +$4.9B | Russia | Energy |
| 87 | Takemitsu Takizaki | $23. B | +$249M | +$2.1B | Japan | Manufacturing |
| 88 | Vinod Adani | $23 B | +$6.49M | +$13.2B | India | Diversified |
| 89 | Robin Zeng | $22.9 B | +$71.5M | -$10.5B | Hong Kong | Automotive |
| 90 | Cyrus Poonawalla | $21.3 B | +$52.4M | -$1.3B | India | Health Care |
| 91 | Andrey Melnichenko & family | $21.1 B | +$152M | -$4.1B | Russia | Metals & Mining |
| 92 | Diane Hendricks | $20.9 B | +$50.8M | +$7.2B | United States | Real Estate |
| 93 | Kushal Pal Singh | $20.9 B | -$35.5M | +$12.7B | India | Retail |
| 94 | Vicky Safra & family | $20.6 B | +$152M | +$10.9B | Brazil | Finance & Investments |
| 95 | David Tepper | $20.6 B | +$23.6M | +$2.1B | United States | Finance & Investments |
| 96 | Steve Cohen | $19.8 B | -$111M | +$17.5B | United States | Finance & Investments |
| 97 | Kumar Birla | $19.7 B | +$316M | +$5.5B | India | Food & Beverage |
| 98 | Rick Cohen & family | $19.6 B | +$119M | +$10.6B | United States | Technology |
| 99 | Rupert Murdoch & family | $19.5 B | $0 | +$2.5B | United States | Media & Entertainment |
| 100 | Andrew Forrest & family | $19 B | +$25.0M | -$0.6B | Australia | Metals & Mining |