The World’s Richest People (Top Billionaires, 2021)
With a net worth of roughly $193 billion, Jeff Bezos, the founder, and CEO of Amazon is the wealthiest person in the world, followed by Elon R Musk ($185 billion), Bernard Arnault ($150 billion); and Bill Gates ($145 billion). CEOWORLD magazine compiled a list of the world’s richest people using 2021 data from Bloomberg. The list includes self-made billionaires, heirs of family fortunes, to business tycoons who have made a lasting impact on the population.
Mark Zuckerberg is the fifth-richest person in the world, with $111 billion. Larry Page ranked 6th with a personal wealth of $103 billion, followed by Warren Buffett with $102 billion. This statistic presents the estimated net worth of the 500 richest people in the world, as of April 23, 2021.
The World's Billionaires - Richest People On Earth, 2021
RANKNAMENET WORTHCOUNTRYINDUSTRY1Jeff Bezos$193 billionUnited StatesTechnology
2Elon Musk$185 billionUnited StatesTechnology
3Bernard Arnault$150 billionFranceConsumer
4Bill Gates$145 billionUnited StatesTechnology
5Mark Zuckerberg$111 billionUnited StatesTechnology
6Larry Page$103 billionUnited StatesTechnology
7Warren Buffett$102 billionUnited StatesDiversified
8Sergey Brin$99.5 billionUnited StatesTechnology
9Steve Ballmer$92.7 billionUnited StatesTechnology
10Larry Ellison$89.7 billionUnited StatesTechnology
11Francoise Bettencourt Meyers$82.8 billionFranceConsumer
12Amancio Ortega$73.5 billionSpainRetail
13Mukesh Ambani$71.5 billionIndiaEnergy
14Zhong Shanshan$67.5 billionChinaDiversified
15Rob Walton$62.3 billionUnited StatesRetail
16Jim Walton$62.2 billionUnited StatesRetail
17Charles Koch$62.0 billionUnited StatesIndustrial
18Julia Flesher Koch & family$62.0 billionUnited StatesIndustrial
19Alice Walton$61.8 billionUnited StatesRetail
20Ma Huateng$61.8 billionChinaTechnology
21MacKenzie Scott$59.6 billionUnited StatesTechnology
22Michael Bloomberg$59 billionUnited StatesMedia and Telecom
23Carlos Slim$56.3 billionMexicoDiversified
24Gautam Adani$55.7 billionIndiaIndustrial
25Michael Dell$51.3 billionUnited StatesTechnology
26Phil Knight & family$50.7 billionUnited StatesConsumer
27Jack Ma$50.5 billionChinaTechnology
28Francois Pinault$50.2 billionFranceConsumer
29Colin Huang$47.0 billionChinaTechnology
30Alain Wertheimer$45.2 billionFranceConsumer
31Gerard Wertheimer$45.2 billionFranceConsumer
32Jacqueline Badger Mars$44.6 billionUnited StatesFood and Beverage
33John Mars$44.6 billionUnited StatesFood and Beverage
34Zhang Yiming$44.5 billionChinaTechnology
35Tadashi Yanai$41.2 billionJapanRetail
36Len Blavatnik$39.6 billionUnited StatesDiversified
37Dan Gilbert$37.3 billionUnited StatesReal Estate
38Masayoshi Son$36.1 billionJapanTechnology
39William Ding$35.1 billionChinaTechnology
40Giovanni Ferrero & family$34.9 billionItalyFood and Beverage
41Li Ka-shing$33.2 billionHong KongReal Estate
42Klaus-Michael Kuehne$33.1 billionGermanyIndustrial
43Yang Huiyan$32.9 billionChinaReal Estate
44Qin Yinglin$32.3 billionChinaFood and Beverage
45Zeng Yuqun$32.2 billionHong KongIndustrial
46Leonard Lauder$32.1 billionUnited StatesConsumer
47Vladimir Potanin$31.9 billionRussian FederationCommodities
48He Xiangjian$31.6 billionChinaConsumer
49James Dyson$29.5 billionUnited KingdomConsumer
50Azim Premji$29.4 billionIndiaTechnology
51Gina Rinehart$29.0 billionAustraliaCommodities
52Alexey Mordashov$28.9 billionRussian FederationIndustrial
53Vladimir Lisin$28.7 billionRussian FederationIndustrial
54Leonid Mikhelson$28.7 billionRussian FederationEnergy
55Lee Jae-Yong & family$28.0 billionKorea, Republic ofDiversified
56Takemitsu Takizaki$27.9 billionJapanTechnology
57Jim Ratcliffe$27.8 billionUnited KingdomIndustrial
58Leonardo Del Vecchio$27.3 billionItalyConsumer
59Zhang Zhidong$26.6 billionChinaTechnology
60Abigail Johnson$26.5 billionUnited StatesFinance
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