Data from the Bloomberg Network showed that a noticeable increase in the net total wealth of the 10 richest people in the world was recorded during the first eight months of this year. These fortunes have increased by 40.5% compared to the end of 2022.
According to the data, the fortunes of these ten people reached as much as one trillion and 415 billion dollars after a net increase of 408.1 billion dollars.
Distribution of wealth among the 10 richest people in the world
Here is the ranking of the 10 richest people in the world for 2023 and the evolution of their wealth during the first eight months of the year:
- Elon Musk (USA): wealth 226 billion dollars – the increase is 89 billion dollars.
- Bernard Arnault (France): wealth 183 billion dollars – the increase is 20.8 billion dollars.
- Jeff Bezos (USA): wealth 162 billion dollars – the increase is 55.5 billion dollars.
- Larry Ellison (USA): wealth 134 billion dollars – the increase is 42.4 billion dollars.
- Bill Gates (USA): wealth 129 billion dollars – the increase is 19.9 billion dollars.
- Larry Page (USA): wealth 122 billion dollars – the increase is 39.3 billion dollars.
- Warren Buffett (US): wealth 121 billion dollars – the increase is 13.8 billion dollars.
- Sergey Brin (USA): wealth 116 billion dollars – the increase is 36.6 billion dollars.
- Steve Ballmer (USA): wealth 114 billion dollars – the increase is 28.6 billion dollars.
- Mark Zuckerberg (USA): wealth 108 billion dollars – the increase is 62.2 billion dollars.