{"id":124158,"date":"2022-08-31T17:38:55","date_gmt":"2022-08-31T12:08:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/?p=124158"},"modified":"2022-08-31T17:48:40","modified_gmt":"2022-08-31T12:18:40","slug":"who-are-the-new-worlds-10-wealthiest-people-in-2022-as-adani-becomes-3rd-richest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/business\/who-are-the-new-worlds-10-wealthiest-people-in-2022-as-adani-becomes-3rd-richest","title":{"rendered":"Who are the world’s top 10 richest people in 2022 as Gautam Adani becomes 3rd richest man?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The list of the world’s wealthiest individuals changes yearly, depending on their most recent net worth and financial success.\u00a0<\/span>Here is the most current list of the world’s top ten richest people, as of August 30, 2022, based on the real-time Bloomberg Billionaires Index, as well as some fascinating information about each of them:<\/p>\n

List of world’s top 10 richest people in 2022<\/h2>\n
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  1. Elon Musk<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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    • Net worth:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>$251 billion.<\/span><\/li>\n
    • He’s revolutionizing the mobility industry on Earth and in space with Tesla and SpaceX.<\/span><\/li>\n
    • Elon Musk’s electric vehicle firm Tesla is now worth about $800 billion, and his net worth is roughly $251 billion.<\/span><\/li>\n
    • The current value of SpaceX, Musk’s rocket company, is approximately $100 billion. With a market value of $800 billion in October 2021, Tesla has become the world’s most potent automaker.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      2. Jeff Bezos<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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      • Net worth:<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0$153 billion<\/span><\/li>\n
      • The founder and CEO of Amazon, Jeff Bezos, has an estimated $153 billion. He is currently ranked as the second richest person in the world.<\/span><\/li>\n
      • His position has not changed despite him divorcing his wife MacKenzie in 2019 and transferring some of his Amazon stock to her.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
      • Jeff Bezos founded Amazon in his Seattle garage in 1994. Since the Coronavirus outbreak has resulted in more people purchasing online, Amazon has reaped the benefits.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

        3. Gautam Adani\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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        • Net worth:<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0$137 billion<\/span><\/li>\n
        • Gautam Adani, the promoter of the Adani Group, has divided his multibillion-dollar corporate empire into energy, logistics, aerospace, agriculture, and other areas.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
        • Adani is the richest man in Asia because of his Adani Group, a worldwide corporation that deals with port operations and growth in India.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

          4. Bernard Arnault & Family<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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          • Net worth:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>$136 billion<\/span><\/li>\n
          • It is estimated that Bernard Arnault, CEO, and Chairman of LVMH, is the fourth most wealthy individual in the world today.<\/span><\/li>\n
          • Having built a business empire of more than 70 companies, including Louis Vuitton and Sephora, he has accumulated an estimated $136 billion in wealth.<\/span><\/li>\n
          • Last year, Bernard Arnault, a French entrepreneur and Europe’s richest man, accumulated a fortune of $100 billion.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

            5. Bill Gates<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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            • Net worth:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>$117 billion.<\/span><\/li>\n
            • Bill Gates is the creator of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and has a net worth of $117 billion.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
            • Bill Gates co-founded the software giant Microsoft with Paul Allen. Eventually, he sold off most of his investment in the firm, retaining only 1% and investing the remainder in other investments.<\/span><\/li>\n
            • Microsoft’s share price soared following its earnings announcement in April, bringing Bill Gates into the $100 billion club. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is the largest private charitable foundation in the world.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

              6. Warren Buffet<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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              • Net worth:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>$100 billion.<\/span><\/li>\n
              • There is no doubt that Warren Buffet, also known as the Oracle of Omaha, has been one of the most successful entrepreneurs of all time.<\/span><\/li>\n
              • As CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, he oversees over 60 companies, including Geico insurance, Duracell, and Dairy Queen dining establishments.<\/span><\/li>\n
              • His net wealth is estimated to be $100 billion. He purchased his first shares at the age of 11 as the son of a US politician.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                7. Larry Page\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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                • Net worth:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>$100 billion.<\/span><\/li>\n
                • The co-founder of Google, Larry Page, has an estimated wealth of $100 billion and is ranked seventh among the world’s wealthiest individuals.<\/span><\/li>\n
                • In addition to Planetary Resources, he was also involved with the startup companies Kitty Hawk and Opener, which are associated with the “Flying Car” industry.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                  8. Sergey Brin\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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                  • Net worth:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>$95.8 billion.<\/span><\/li>\n
                  • Sergey Brin, co-founder and senior executive of Alphabet, has a combined wealth of $95.8 billion, placing him eighth among the world’s wealthiest people.<\/span><\/li>\n
                  • In 1998, he co-founded Google with Larry Page, which came out publicly in 2004 and was renamed Alphabet in 2015.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                    9. Steve Ballmer\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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                    • Net worth:<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0$93.7 billion<\/span><\/li>\n
                    • From 2000 to 2014, Steven Anthony Ballmer served as the CEO of Microsoft.<\/span><\/li>\n
                    • He is the current owner of the National Basketball Association’s Los Angeles Clippers (NBA).\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
                    • According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, his worth is estimated to be over $98 billion as of August 2022, making him the 9th richest person.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                      10. Larry Ellison<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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                      • Net worth:<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0$93.3 billion\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
                      • Larry Ellison’s net worth is $93.3 billion, which he derived from Oracle, the software development company he co-founded in 1977.<\/span><\/li>\n
                      • Having stepped down as the firm’s CEO in 2014, he currently serves as chairman of the board and chief technical adviser.<\/span><\/li>\n
                      • Ellison has also been on Tesla’s board since December 2018, after purchasing 3 million shares initially that year. He owns practically the entire Hawaiian island of Lanai.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

                        The list of the world’s wealthiest individuals changes yearly, depending on their most recent net worth and financial success.\u00a0Here is the most current list of the world’s top ten richest people, as of August 30, 2022, based on the real-time Bloomberg Billionaires Index, as well as some fascinating information about each of them: List of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21834,"featured_media":124168,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-124158","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21834"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=124158"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124158\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":124244,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124158\/revisions\/124244"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/124168"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}