Top 8 richest people in the world.

Arpita August 16, 2022

Top 8 richest people in the world

What do you think who are the richest person and how they become rich that they earn billions or trillions of dollar well let me tell you they all are investors and business from there they benefited and now they are the richest people in the world.

Here are the 10 richest people in the world , as listed on Forbes Real - Time Billionaire list .

1. Elon Musk

Age : 50
Nationality : South Africa
Companies : Tesla, SpaceX, The Boring Company, Neuralink, Twitter, PayPal
Net worth : $232.8 billion
Industry : Automotive Technology

Elon Musk is the richest man on the planet and accumulated much of his wealth having founded Tesla.

Elon Musk has Tesla and several other revolutionary businesses including SpaceX , Neuralink, and The Boring Company.

Twitter in an all cash transaction expected to be worth $ 44 billion.

2. Bernard Arnault

Age : 73
Nationality : France
Company : LVMH
Net worth : $148.1 billion
Industry: Fashion and Hospitality
Bernard Arnault amasses his fortune in the luxury goods industry with the ownership of world renowned brands such as Louis Vuitton and Christian Dior.

Arnault 's luxury fashion empire spans more than 70 brands , which he manages along with his siblings. Arnault also owns several luxury hotels and cruise lines that have only added to his wealth over the years.

3. Jeff Bezos
Age : 58
Nationality : USA
Company: Amazon
Net worth: $139.4 billion
Industry: E-commerce and Technology
Bezos is credited for pioneering the e - commerce landscape, which has become one of the largest industries in the world.
He transformed Amazon into a platform where shoppers can buy and sell almost everything and developed one of the most sophisticated logistics companies in the world.

4. Bill Gates

Age : 66
Nationality: USA
Company: Microsoft
Net worth : $124.6 billion
Industry: Technology

Bill Gates was a tech whiz kid growing up , having designed his first software program at age 13. Microsoft was first founded in 1975, but Gates decided to step down as CEO in 2000.

Gates relinquished his duties at Microsoft to focus on philanthropy through the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation.

5. Larry Page

Age : 49
Nationality: USA
Company: Google
Net worth: $99.7 billion
Industry: Technology and Advertising
Larry Page co - founded Google in 1908 and was CEO until 2001 . He returned as CEO from 2011 to 2015 and remains a board member and majority shareholder.

Nowadays, Google has moved under the umbrella of Alphabet, the tech conglomerate holding company that owns you tube , google play, android, fitbit, mandiant, looker and nest.

6. Gautam Adani

Age : 60
Nationality: India
Company: Adani Group
Net worth: $99.2 billion
Industry: Energy and Transportation

Gautam Adani is the richest person in India, and his enterpreneurial DNA comes directly from his father , who owned a textile business.

Adani had no interest in the business and decided to follow his own ambitions to achieve great wealth. Soon after leaving home, Adani entered the diamond industry, which saw him quickly rise to millionaire status .

7. Larry Ellison

Age : 77
Nationality: USA
Company: Oracle
Net worth: $97.1 billion
Industry: Software

Larry Ellison attribute his great fortune to the rise of technology. Having founded Oracle in 1977 after dropping out of college, he grew the company from its start- up phase to one of the largest software and database companies in the world. Oracle now has a market capitalisation of 187.7 billion and Ellison has retained a stake of more than 40 percentage to date.

8. Warren Buffett

Age : 91
Nationality: USA
Company: Berkshire Hathaway
Net worth: $97 billion
Industry: Investing and Finance

Nicknamed the " Oracle of Omaha " , Warren Buffett is regarded as the greatest investor of all time . His holding company, Berkshire Hathaway, manages a portfolio of investments thar include large positions in Apple stock as well as several bank stocks .

Top 8 richest people in the world.