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Top 100 richest people in the world

Top 100 richest people in the world
Thelife42 min read
  • Nearly 40% — or four in ten — individuals in the top 100 richest list are from the USA.
  • India is now home to ten of the 100 richest people in the world.
The world of wealth and success is a constantly evolving landscape, with fortunes rising and falling year after year. In 2023, the top 100 richest people in the world are a fascinating mix of tech tycoons, business magnates, and entrepreneurs. This article delves into the lives and fortunes of these influential individuals, highlighting their total net worth, recent changes in wealth, and their respective industries.


Here is the table of the top 100 richest people in the world based on the information provided:

Rank

Name

Total Net Worth ($)

Last Change ($)

YOY Change ($)

Country / Region

Industry

1

Bernard Arnault & family

$233 B

+$2B

+$22B

France

Fashion & Retail

2

Elon Musk

$195 B

+$944M

+$15B

United States

Automotive

3

Jeff Bezos

$194 B

+$813M

+$80B

United States

Technology

4

Mark Zuckerberg

$177 B

+$517M

+$112.6B

United States

Technology

5

Larry Ellison

$141 B

+$563M

+$34B

United States

Technology

6

Warren Buffett

$133 B

+$524M

+$27B

United States

Finance & Investments

7

Bill Gates

$128 B

+$537M

+$24B

United States

Technology

8

Steve Ballmer

$121 B

+$1.02B

+$40.3B

United States

Technology

9

Mukesh Ambani

$116 B

+$61.1M

+$32.6B

India

Diversified

10

Larry Page

$114 B

-$160M

+$34.8B

United States

Technology

11

Sergey Brin

$110 B

+$266M

+$34M

United States

Technology

12

Michael Bloomberg

$106 B

-$352M

+$11.5B

United States

Finance & Investments

13

Amancio Ortega

$103 B

+$293M

+$25.7B

Spain

Fashion & Retail

14

Carlos Slim Helu & family

$102 B

+$987M

+$9B

Mexico

Telecom

15

Francoise Bettencourt Meyers & family

$99.5 B

+$216M

+$19B

France

Fashion & Retail

16

Michael Dell

$91 B

+$204M

+$40.9B

United States

Technology

17

Gautam Adani

$84 B

+$217M

+$36.8B

India

Diversified

18

Jim Walton & family

$78.4 B

-$2.18B

+$19.9B

United States

Fashion & Retail

19

Rob Walton & family
$77.4 B

+$65.7M

+$19.8B

United States

Fashion & Retail

20

Jensen Huang

$77 B

+$228M

+$55.9B

United States

Technology

21

Alice Walton

$72.3 B

-$57.3M

+$15.6B

United States

Fashion & Retail

22

David Thomson & family

$67.8 B

+$60.1M

+$13.4B

Canada

Media & Entertainment

23

Julia Koch & family

$64.3 B

-$96.9M

+$5.3B

United States

Diversified

24

Zhong Shanshan

$62.3 B

-$96.9M

-$5.7B

China

Food & Beverage

25

Charles Koch & family

$58.5 B

$0

-$0.5B

United States

Diversified

26

Giovanni Ferrero

$43.8 B

+$225M

-$2.01B

Italy

Food & Beverage

27

Prajogo Pangestu

$43.4 B

+$225M

-$2.01B

Indonesia

Diversified

28

Zhang Yiming

$43.4 B

+$371M

-$3.82B

China

Technology

29

Tadashi Yanai & family

$42.8 B

-$377M

+$7.78B

Japan

Fashion & Retail

30

Phil Knight & family

$40.9 B

-$1.87B

+$25.3B

United States

Fashion & Retail

31

Mark Mateschitz

$39.6 B

+$184M

+$2.84B

Austria

Food & Beverage

32

Klaus-Michael Kuehne

$39.2 B

-$166M

+$8.21B

Germany

Logistics

33

Colin Huang

$38.9 B

+$36.9M

+$7.22B

China

Technology

34

Stephen Schwarzman

$38.8 B

+$209M

+$4.31B

United States


Finance & Investments

35

Jacqueline Mars

$38.5 B

+$256M

+$8.69B

United States

Food & Beverage

36

John Mars

$38.5 B

+$135M

-$1.47B

United States


Food & Beverage

37

Dieter Schwarz

$38 B

+$48.1M

-$1.49B

Germany

Fashion & Retail

38

Li Ka-shing

$37.3 B

+$86.8M

-$9.13B

Hong Kong

Diversified

39

Shiv Nadar

$36.9 B

-$662M

+$9.31B

India

Fashion & Retail

40

Alain Wertheimer

$36.8 B

+$114M

+$5.27B

France

Fashion & Retail

41

Gerard Wertheimer

$36.8 B

-$105M

+$4.09B

France

Fashion & Retail

42

Ken Griffin

$36.4 B

+$44.7M

+$28.9M

United States

Finance & Investments

43

MacKenzie Scott

$35.6 B

-$287M

+$11.2B

United States

Technology

44

Thomas Peterffy

$34 B

+$133M

+$5.05B

United States

Finance & Investments

45

Reinhold Wuerth & family

$33.6B

+$52.6M

+$6.67B

Germany

Manufacturing

46

William Ding

$33.5 B

+$87.0M

-$3.04B

China

Technology

47

Savitri Jindal & family

$33.5 B

+$173M

+$350M

India

Metals & Mining

48

Gianluigi Aponte

$33.1 B

-$147M

+$5.83B

Switzerland

Logistics

49

Rafaela Aponte-Diamant

$33.1 B

+$112M

-$461M

Switzerland

Logistics

50

Changpeng Zhao

$33 B

+$100M

-$4.88B

Canada

Finance & Investments

51


Masayoshi Son

$32.7 B

+$150M

+$3.33B

Japan

Finance & Investments

52

Len Blavatnik

$32.1 B

+$15.5M

+$3.06B

United States

Diversified

53

Miriam Adelson & family

$27.3B

+$1.11B

-$993M

United States

Gambling & Casinos

54

François Pinault & family

$31.6 B

+$132M

+$8.33B

France

Fashion & Retail

55

Jim Simons

$31.4 B

+$103M

-$6.15B

United States

Finance & Investments

56

Gina Rinehart

$30.8 B

+$150M

+$3.94B

Australia

Metals & Mining

57

Ma Huateng

$30.2 B

+$1.08B

+$13.9B

China

Technology


58

Abigail Johnson

$29 B

+$28.5M

+$3.57B

United States

Finance & Investments

59

Vagit Alekperov

$25.1B

+$76.2M

+$2.96B

Russia

Energy

60

Eduardo Saverin

$28 B

+$63.8M

+$36.5M

Brazil

Technology

61

Lukas Walton

$28 B

+$89.5M

-$158M

United States

Fashion & Retail

62

Germán Larrea Mota Velasco & family

$27.9 B

+$21.9M

+$1.11B

Mexico

Metals & Mining

63

Lee Shau Kee

$27.9 B

+$238M

+$353M

Hong Kong

Real Estate

64

Jeff Yass

$27.6 B

+$85.5M

+$7.81B

United States

Finance & Investments

65

Andrea Pignataro

$27.5 B

+$66.6M

+$3.10B

Italy

Finance & Investments

66

Low Tuck Kwong

$27.4 B

-$3.49M

+$3.56B

Indonesia

Energy

67

Leonid Mikhelson & family

$27.4 B

+$312M

+$1.14B

Russia

Energy

68

Stefan Quandt

$27.3 B

+$343M

+$956M

Germany

Automotive

69

Dilip Shanghvi

$26.7 B

+$137M

+$8.79B

India

Healthcare

70

Vladimir Lisin

$26.6 B

+$175M

+$2.32B

Russia

Metals & Mining

71

R. Budi Hartono

$26.5 B

$0

-$2.01B

Indonesia

Finance & Investments

72

Susanne Klatten

$26.5 B

+$258M

-$613M

Germany

Automotive

73

Thomas Frist, Jr. & family

$26.2 B

+$25.0M

+$5.27B


United States

Healthcare

74

Daniel Gilbert

$26.2 B

-$297M

+$2.40B

United States

Finance & Investments

75

Iris Fontbona & family


$25.7 B

-$18.7M

+$4.99B

Chile

Metals & Mining
76

Emmanuel Besnier

$25.5 B

+$102M

+$5.00B

France


Food & Beverage

77

Michael Hartono

$25.5 B

+$63.7M

-$3.85B

Indonesia

Manufacturing

78

Alexey Mordashov & family

$25.5 B

+$193M

-$1.82B

Russia

Metals & Mining

79

John Menard, Jr.

$25.2 B

+$46.6M

-$847M

United States

Fashion & Retail

80

He Xiangjian & family

$25.1 B

-$284M

+$2.41B

China

Manufacturing

81

Jack Ma

$24.5 B

+$5.76M

+$8.34B

China

Technology

82

Elaine Marshall & family

$24.5 B

+$18.8M

+$2.26B

United States

Diversified

83

Autry Stephens

$24.3 B

+$222M

-$4.29B

United States

Energy

84

Eyal Ofer

$24 B

+$114M

-$1.71B

Israel

Diversified

85

Vladimir Potanin

$23.7 B

+$25.0M

$0

Russia

Metals & Mining

86

Gennady Timchenko

$23.4 B

+$204M

+$4.9B

Russia

Energy

87

Takemitsu Takizaki

$23. B

+$249M

+$2.1B

Japan

Manufacturing

88

Vinod Adani

$23 B

+$6.49M

+$13.2B

India

Diversified

89

Robin Zeng

$22.9 B

+$71.5M

-$10.5B

Hong Kong

Automotive

90

Cyrus Poonawalla

$21.3 B

+$52.4M

-$1.3B

India

Health Care

91

Andrey Melnichenko & family

$21.1 B

+$152M

-$4.1B

Russia

Metals & Mining



92

Diane Hendricks

$20.9 B

+$50.8M

+$7.2B

United States

Real Estate

93

Kushal Pal Singh

$20.9 B

-$35.5M

+$12.7B

India

Retail

94

Vicky Safra & family

$20.6 B

+$152M

+$10.9B

Brazil

Finance & Investments

95

David Tepper

$20.6 B

+$23.6M

+$2.1B

United States

Finance & Investments

96

Steve Cohen

$19.8 B

-$111M

+$17.5B

United States

Finance & Investments

97

Kumar Birla

$19.7 B

+$316M

+$5.5B

India

Food & Beverage

98

Rick Cohen & family

$19.6 B

+$119M

+$10.6B

United States

Technology

99

Rupert Murdoch & family

$19.5 B

$0

+$2.5B

United States

Media & Entertainment

100

Andrew Forrest & family

$19 B

+$25.0M

-$0.6B

Australia

Metals & Mining




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