Top 10 Richest Men in The World
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This article highlights the top 10 richest men in the world. While money is a commodity with which all humans make a living, it also plays an important role in acquiring eminence, fame and, lastly, power.
However, if managed wisely, money can also be a strong means of putting a smile on a neighbour's face.
Although money is needed to ensure a living, a certain percentage of the human race has made just more than that.
Some have moved from mere money users to rich people. However, as this percentage of people control the riches, a more elite group, among them, are on top of the money game.
According to Forbes and Bloomberg Billionaires Index, some people are presently ranking the table, when we talk about riches.
But, who are they, you ask?
This is why I have compiled the list below, just to answer your question.
From the tenth-richest man to the first, below is the list of the top 10 richest men in the world and some intriguing things you should know about them, respectively.
Top 10 richest men in the world
10. STEVE BALLMER (March 24, 1956)
Net worth: 95 billion dollars
Born in Detroit, Michigan, Steven Anthony Ballmer is a recognized business tycoon and investor.
Though he joined Microsoft in 1980, Steven Anthony Ballmer replaced Bill Gates and became a Chief Executive Officer in 2000 and led the company for 14 years.
However, he now runs the Los Angeles Clippers as the current owner of the basketball team.
As of May 29, 2022, Bloomberg Billionaires Index recorded Steve as the tenth-richest man in the world.
Steve is married to Connie Snyder and today, they are blessed with three children.
9. MUKESH AMBANI (April 19, 1957)
Net worth: 95.4 billion dollars
Mukesh Dhirubhai Ambani was born in Aden (now known as Yemen).
He is an Indian businessman, the present Chairman and Managing Director of Reliance Industries Ltd, India's largest and most profitable company.
Mukesh is married to Nita Ambani, with three children.
As of May 2022, Bloomberg Billionaires Index ranks Mukesh as the 9th richest man in the world and the second richest in Asia.
8. SERGEY BRIN (August 21, 1973)
Net Worth: 98.1 billion dollars
Sergey Mikhailovich Brin is a Russian-American Internet Entrepreneur and Computer Scientist.
After obtaining a bachelor's degree at the University of Maryland as a computer scientist, Sergey went to Stanford University, where he crossed paths with Larry Page.
Together, they built a search engine, and, after some popularity, they both postponed their PhD studies and cocreated Google.
However, after reforming Google, they innovated Alphabet Inc, the third-largest tech company in the world.
In 2015, Sergey divorced Anne Wojcicki, whom he married in 2007, and, in 2018, he married Nicole Shanahan.
He's a father of three.
7. GAUTAM ADANI - (June 24, 1962)
Net Worth: 104 billion dollars
Born in Ahmedabad, India, Gautam Shantilal Adani is an Indian philanthropist.
He is the Chairman and Founder of Adani Group, a multinational empire dealing with port development in India.
He is also the President of Adani Foundation, a nonprofit organization involved in the sustainable livelihood of the human race.
Furthermore, he is married to Priti Adani and blessed with two sons.
6. LARRY PAGE (March 26, 1973)
Net Worth: 105 billion dollars
Lawrence Edward Page was born in Lansing, Michigan.
He is a computer scientist and an internet entrepreneur.
After he had dropped out of Stanford University to create Google, he became the company's Chief Executive Officer until 200
He took on the post again in 2011 and gave it up in 2015 to become the CEO at Alphabet Inc., Google's parent company. In 2019, he stepped down again, only to retain his position as a board member and shareholder.
He is married to Lucinda Southworth and blessed with two children.
As of May 2022, he ranks as the sixth-richest man in the world.
5. WARREN BUFFETT (August 30, 1930)
Net Worth: 116 billion dollars
Born in Omaha, Nebraska, Warren Edward Buffett is an American Investor, Philanthropist and business mogul.
Warren is currently the owner and Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, a multinational conglomerate founded by Oliver Chace in 1839.
Until she died in 2004, Warren was married to Susan Thompson. However, he remarried Astrid Menks in 2006.
Though he is a father of three, Warren pledged to give 99% of his fortune to philanthropic causes, through The Giving Pledge, which he founded with Bill Gates in 2010 and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
4. BILL GATES (October 28, 1955)
Net Worth: 123 billion dollars
William Henry Gates III was born in Seattle, Washington.
He is a software developer, investor and entrepreneur.
He co-founded Microsoft with his late friend, Paul Allen, where he was the CEO, President, Chief Software Architect and major shareholder until 2014.
With his ex-wife Melinda French, whom he divorced in 2021, he cofounded the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
He is also the Chairman and Founder of Cascade Investment, Branded Entertainment Network, TerraPower and Breakthrough Technology.
He is a father of three, and, as of May 2022, he is ranked the fourth-richest man in the world.
3. BERNARD ARNAULT (March 5, 1949)
Net Worth: 133 billion dollars
Bernard Jean Étienne Arnault is a French art collector, businessman and investor.
He was born in Roubaix, France.
He is the founder, CEO and Chairman of Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessy (known as LVMH), the world's largest luxury goods company. Likewise, he is the Chairman of Christian Dior SE.
Bernard got married to Anne Dewavrin in 1973 and divorced her seventeen years later. A year later, in 1991, he tied the knot, again, with Hélène Mercier.
As of May 2022, he is the third-richest man in the world, and, the richest man in Europe.
He is a father of five.
2. JEFF BEZOS (January 12, 1964)
Net Worth: 140 billion dollars
Jeffrey Preston Bezos is an American computer scientist, commercial astronaut, media proprietor and investor.
Though he was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Jeff was raised in Houston and Miami.
Jeff is a computer science and electrical engineering degree holder.
In 1994, Jeff created Amazon, a company which only started as an online bookstore.
However, today, the company is a go-to when in need of other e-commerce products. These may include artificial intelligence, cloud computing or even, video streaming.
As the largest online sales company, Amazon generates most of Jeff's fortune, but, he didn't put all his eggs in a basket.
In 2000, he founded Blue Origin, a suborbital spaceflight company.
He is also the founder of the Bezos Expeditions, his capital firm with which he regulates his investments.
In 2013, he bought the major American newspaper company, The Washington Post, and, in 2021, he cofounded Altos Labs with Yuri Miner, both giving back to the biotech world.
He was the wealthiest man in the world until 2021 when his fortune plummeted. However, today, the father of four is the second-richest man in the world.
1. ELON MUSK (June 28, 1971)
Net Worth: 229 billion dollars
Though born and raised in Pretoria, South Africa, Elon Reeve Musk is an American investor and businessman.
He is the founder and President of the Musk Foundation, a foundation which sponsors scientific research, though, the majority of the media thinks otherwise.
In 1995, he co-founded Zip2, a web software company, with his brother Kimbal, and, later, traded it to Compaq in 1999.
Later in 1999, he founded X.com, an online bank, which is now known as PayPal, after merging with Confinity in 2000.
He is the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Engineer at SpaceX, a space transport company, which he founded in 2002.
In 2004, Elon became the Chairman and product architect of Tesla Inc., an electric vehicle manufacturing company. Later, in 2008, he emerged as CEO.
He is the co-founder of Neuralink and OpenAI, a neurotechnology company and a nonprofit artificial intelligence promoting company, respectively.
He is the Founder of The Boring Company, a tunnel construction company.
In early 2022, Elon agreed to purchase Twitter, the largest American social networking service. And, to other shareholders' disapproval, the company has decided to hand over to him at $44 at a whole or $54.20 per share.
Elon is well-known for his plans to turn the tides of transportation, both on Earth and in space.
Elon is a father of eight and is ranked the richest man in the world.
There you have it. Everything you've been wanting to know about the top 10 richest men in the world.