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They are, for the first time, 3,000 more “ultra -orlars” on the Forbes annual list. Elon Musk is again number 1 on a list with a record of 15 people holding 12 -digit fortunes.
Led by Elon Muska record number of 3,028 billionaires, with a combined liquid assets 16.1 billion dollars – Two more billions of dollars than last year – appear in the 39th annual list of billionaires in the world of Forbes magazine.
On average, each billionaire in the 2025 list has 5.3 billion dollarsmore $ 200 million than it was on average last year.
A record of 15 people now hold 12 digits fortunes: 100 billion dollars or more. Last year it was 14, in 2017… none. It is a small group of 15 money giants that have about 15% of the total wealth of billionaires.
1. Elon Musk
The tycoon who joined the administration of US President Donald Trump (also present in the list, much below) recovers the leadership of Forbes list, with an increase of 75% in liquid heritage compared to last year.
The fortune of the owner of Tesla rose to about $ 342 billion – A $ 147 billion jump that is largely due, according to the magazine, to the successes of Spacex and Xai, which has just absorbed the social network X to Tesla, despite those, especially in Europe, recorded an increase in stock price.
Musk thus becomes the first person to reach the $ 300 billion mark in personal heritage. It takes a large advantage of $ 126 billion over the richest second person: Mark Zuckerberg.
Here’s the rest of the top 10:
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Trump doubles wealth
After regaining US presidency, Trump, who appears in the 700th place on the list, he also saw his fortune more than duplicate to 5.1 billion dollarsdriven by a strong performance of his Trump Media & Technology Group and for timely investments in cryptocurrencies, says Forbes.
288 new guys (and other “missing in combat”)
This year’s list features 288 newcomers, including celebrities as Bruce Springsteen ($ 1.2 billion), Arnold Schwarzenegger ($ 1.1 billion) and Jerry Seinfeld ($ 1.1 billion). Sundar Pichai and Alexandr Wang, 28, currently the youngest billionaire “Self-Made”, also enter the list.
The new richest participant is Marilyn Simonswidow of the legend of coverage funds Jim Simons, who died in May last year. Its net heritage is estimated at $ 31 billion.
A total of 107 billionaires left last year’s list.
A Portuguese among the richest…
MARIA FERNANDA AMORIM90, the widow of Américo Amorim, who died in July 2017, and her three daughters inherited the businessman’s fortune.
Vale 5.9 billion euros – an increase of 2 million euros compared to last year.
… But there are still few women
Women represent only 13.4% of the total list, That is, there are 406 billionaires, a slight increase over last year.
Most inherited their fortune. Walmart’s heiress, Alice Walton is the richest woman in the worldwith a liquid heritage estimated at $ 101 billion, surpassing the heiress of L’Oreal, Françoise Bettencourt Meyers.
Where are they?
Os USA They remain the country with the largest population of billionaires, with 902 citizens on the list. THE Chinaincluding Hong Kong, follows with 516 and the India occupies third place with 205. Together, these three countries represent more than half of the world of billionaires in the world
Albania debuted with its first billionaire and Saudi Arabia returned to the list with 15 peopleafter a seven -year absence.
What age are they?
The youngest billionaire is Johannes von Baumbach, a 19 -year -old heir to German German pharmaceutical fortune from Germany, with $ 5.4 billion. At the other end of the spectrum, the eldest is the 103 -year -old American Insurance Magnata George Joseph. The average age of billionaires remains in the 66 years.
Russian record
The new list includes 146 individuals, 21 more than last year, 15 of which were first included. Includes both entrepreneurs who started from scratch and those who accumulated wealth through the privatization of the 1990s, as well as their heirs.
The richest of these new faces is Virkam Punia, owner of the pharmacist Farmesintez, with a capital of $ 2.1 billion.
Another record is the amount of capital that accumulated together, reaching the $ 625.5 billion after three years of war. The previous record was hit in 2021, with $ 606.2 billion.
Vagit Alekperov, a shareholder of the Russian oil company Lukoil, maintained its position in number one among the richest Russians, with a net equity of $ 28.7 billion at 74.
