Forbes presents the 2024 World’s Billionaires List.
- Total billionaire wealth: $14.2 trillion (up by $2 trillion from 2023).
- Top 20 billionaires added $700 billion since 2023.
- S.: 813 billionaires worth $5.7 trillion.
- China: 473 billionaires worth $1.7 trillion (real estate losses wiped $300 billion).
- India: 200 billionaires, ranking 3rd globally.
Top 10 Richest People (2025)
- Elon Musk: $433.9B (Tesla, SpaceX, U.S.)
- Jeff Bezos: $239.4B (Amazon, U.S.)
- Mark Zuckerberg: $211.8B (Facebook, U.S.)
- Larry Ellison: $204.6B (Oracle, U.S.)
- Bernard Arnault & Family: $181.3B (LVMH, France)
- Larry Page: $161.4B (Google, U.S.)
- Sergey Brin: $154.0B (Google, U.S.)
- Warren Buffett: $146.2B (Berkshire Hathaway, U.S.)
- Steve Ballmer: $126.0B (Microsoft, U.S.)
- Jensen Huang: $120.2B (NVIDIA, U.S.)
Top 5 Richest Indians (2025)
- Mukesh Ambani: $95.4B (Reliance Industries, 18th globally).
- Gautam Adani: $62.3B (Adani Group, 25th globally).
- Shiv Nadar: $42.1B (HCL Enterprise, 37th globally).
- Savitri Jindal & Family: $38.5B (O.P. Jindal Group, 41st globally).
Dilip Shanghvi: $29.8B (Sun Pharma, 59th globally).