Four businessmen with companies of North American origin are the richest people in the world at the beginning of 2025. South African naturalized North American Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, remains the richest person on the planet, with a net worth of US$ 417.3 billion, according to data from the Forbes Real-Time List of Billionaires, consulted on the afternoon of Friday, 10.
Next in the ranking is Jeff Bezos, from Amazon, with a fortune of US$233.3 billion.
Mark Zuckerberg, from Meta, appears in third place, with current assets of US$209.6 billion.
To complete the quartet, Larry Ellison, from Oracle, is currently the fourth richest person in the world, with a fortune of US$198.7 billion.
In total, the 10 richest people in the world together have a net worth of US$1.965 trillion.
The 10 richest people in the world at the beginning of the year
1st – Elon Musk (Tesla, SpaceX): US$ 417.3 billion
Age: 53
Country: South Africa (naturalized North American)
2nd – Jeff Bezos (Amazon): US$ 233.3 billion
Age: 60
Country: United States
3rd – Mark Zuckerberg (Goal): US$ 209.6 billion
Age: 40
Country: United States
4th – Larry Ellison (Oracle): US$ 198.7 billion
Age: 80
Country: United States
5th – Bernard Arnault & Family (LVMH): US$ 171.1 billion
Age: 75
Country: France
6th – Larry Page (Google): US$ 159.0 billion
Age: 51
Country: United States
7th – Sergey Brin (Google): US$ 151.8 billion
Age: 51
Country: United States
8th – Warren Buffett (Berkshire Hathaway): US$ 139.7 billion
Age: 94
Country: United States
9th – Steve Ballmer (Microsoft): US$ 124.2 billion
Age: 68
Country: United States
10th – Jensen Huang (Nvidia): US$ 118.7 billion
Age: 61
Country: United States
