Top 10 richest persons in the world 2022

This article summarises the current top 10 richest persons in the world on 12th February 2022 based on realtime data.

Based on the latest net worth and financial performance, list of richest humans of the universe may vary from year to year. This article summarises the latest top 10 richest humans of the universe, based on the real time Forbes List of February 12, 2022 and some known facts about each person.

Top 10 richest persons in the world 2022

1. Elon Musk - $238.6 billion

Elon Musk made a revolution on transportation both on Earth and space through his inventions, Tesla electric cars and SpaceX rocket producer. Currently his net worth is $238.6 billion and his electric car company Tesla is valued at nearly 800 billion dollars. Musk's rocket producing company, SpaceX is now valued at $218.3 billion. Elon Musk's electric car producing company, Tesla has become the world's most valuable automaker in 2021.

 

2. Bernard Arnault & Family - $189.1 billion

Chairman and CEO of the LVMH - France, Bernard Arnault is the second richest person in the world today with the net worth of $189.1 billion. His business turnover is from his empire of more than 70 brands including the famous Louis Vuitton and Sephora. Europe's richest man and the French business man earned 100 billion dollars fortune last year in December.

 

3. Jeff Bezos - $179.2 billion

The third richest person in the world and the founder and CEO of Amazon, Jeff Bezos has a bet worth of $179.2 billion today. Even after transferring a quarter of his stake of Amazon to his wife in 2019, after divorcing her, he still remains in the third position of the top 10 richest persons of the world. Amazon was founded by Jeff Bezos in 1994 out of his garage in Seattle.

  

4. Bill Gates - $130.7 billion

In today's date Bill Gates has a net worth of $130.7 billion and bring him to the fourth position on the list. He was the founder of Microsoft along with Paul Allen. Bill Gates entered the $100 billion club last year in April after the Microsoft share price surged post-earnings. Bill Gates is the co-founder of the world's largest private charitable foundation, Bill and Melinda Gates foundation. 

 

5. Warren Buffet - $115.4 billion

Warren Buffet fifth on the list has a net worth of $115.4 billion. He is seen as one of the most successful investors of all time, popularly known as the Oracle of Omaha. His Berkshire Hathaway owns more than 60 companies including famous ones like Duracell, Dairy Queen restaurant, Geico insurance. At the age of 11, the son of a US congressman bought his first stock.

 

6. Larry Page - $114.0 billion

The co-founder of Google ranks in the sixth position among the world's top 10 richest person with a net worth of $114.0 billion. His investments are also in Planetary Resources, the famed space exploration company. He is also funding the Flying car start-up companies like Kitty Hawk and Opener.

 

7. Sergey Brin - $109.8 billion

Sergey Brin, the co-founder and board member of Alphabet, has a net worth of $109.8 billion. Along with Larry Page he founded the Google in 1998, which went public in 2004 and later became as Alphabet in 2015.

 

8. Larry Ellison - $108.6 billion

Larry Ellison ranks eighth position among the world's top 10 richest man with a net worth of $108.6 billion, which he earned from Oracle, the software firm he co-founded in 1977. Now he functions as the chairman of the board and chief technology advisor of the company, after he quit as the CEO of the company in 2014. Since December 2018, Ellison is also one of the board members of Tesla after he purchased 3 million shares in Tesla company. Interestingly Ellison owns nearly all of Hawaiian island - Lanai. 

 

9. Steve Ballmer - $94.5 billion

Steve Ballmer has a net worth of $94.5 billion. He led the Microsoft from 2000 to 2014 as he was the CEO that time. He also invested in a non-profitable organization called Social Solutions, a company that makes software for government agencies.

 

10. Mukesh Ambani - $90.8 billion

Mukesh Ambani is in the tenth position among the world's top 10 richest persons with a net worth of $90.8 billion. He is the chairman of Reliance Industries. He also owns the MumbaiIndians, a team in Indian Premier League (IPL). Interestingly, he enjoys the Z level security, the second-highest security class in India.