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The 10 richest people in the world
News in the upper floors of the world ranking of the richest men in the world. Gautam Adani, 60, an Indian businessman already the richest man in Asia, has become the third wealthiest person in the world, ousting the king of luxury Bernard Arnault.
Never had an Asian occupied such a high post. This is what emerges from the latest update of the Bloomberg Billionaire Index ranking. Also this year it is the United States that boasts more billionaires than any other country: 735 (up from 724 in 2021).
China remains second with 607 (including Hong Kong and Macau), followed by India (166), Germany (134) and Russia (83). Mukesh Ambani of India remains the richest person in Asia.
Elon Musk
Founder and number one of Tesla and Space X: assets of 247 billion dollars
Jeff Bezos
Founder of Amazon: assets of 152 billion dollars
Gautam Adani
Founder and Chairman Adani Enterprises: $143 billion in assets
Bernard Arnault
Founder, President and CEO of LVMH, the world's largest luxury company: $137 billion in assets
Bill Gates
Founder of Microsoft Corporation: assets of 116 billion dollars
Larry Page
Founder and former CEO of Google: $99.8 billion in assets
Warren Buffett
Founder and number one of Berkshire Hathaway: $99.4 billion in assets
Sergey Brin
Founder of Google: assets of 95.4 billion dollars
Mukesh Ambani
Chairman, CEO and largest shareholder of Reliance Industries Limited: assets of 94 billion dollars
Steve Ballmer
Former CEO of Microsoft, now owner of the US basketball team Los Angeles Clipper: assets of 93 billion dollars.