Apr 1, 2022
By: Debolina ChakrobortyNet Worth: $286 billion | Elon Musk — the brain behind Tesla, SpaceX, and SolarCity – has revolutionised the idea of transportation through electric cars and rockets.
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Net Worth: $188.8 billion | Jeffery Preston Bezos, the founder of Amazon and the owner of The Washington Post was responsible for 9 percent of all US retail sales, in 2019. Bezos also owns a website, which goes by the name BezosExpeditions, and provides a rundown of his major investments, philanthropic projects and personal endeavours.
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Net Worth: $175.5 billion | The chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of the world’s largest luxury brand — Louis Vuitton, Bernard Arnault is the third richest person in the world, and the richest in Europe. On 7th March 2011, Arnault announced the acquisition of 50.4 percent of family-owned shares of the Italian jeweler Bulgari, with the intention to make a tender offer for the rest of what was publicly owned. The transaction was worth $5.2 billion.
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Net Worth: $135.1 billion | Founder of Microsoft, software developer, businessman, philanthropist and most importantly a money magnet, William Henry Gates III or Bill Gates stands fourth in terms of wealth, globally. During March 2020, Gates quit his board positions at Microsoft and Berkshire Hathaway to focus on his efforts, which include education, global health and development along with climate change.
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Net Worth: $127.3 billion | Known as the ‘Oracle of Omaha’, Buffett has been the chairman and largest shareholder of Berkshire Hathaway since the year 1970. Buffet is also one of the few billionaires who has pledged to give away 99 percent of his fortune through philanthropic efforts.
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Net Worth: $117.9 billion | A current shareholder and board member of Alphabet, Page is best known as the co-founder of the tech giant Google. Interested in space exploration, he is a founding member of ‘Planetary Resources’, a company with goals to expand the Earth’s natural resource base.
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Net Worth: $115.7 billion | Investor, co-founder and chief technology officer (CTO) of Oracle Corporation, Ellison owns 97 percent of Lanai, which is USA’s 43rd largest island. A prominent shareholder in Tesla, the billionaire has purchased 3 million of the company’s shares.
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Net Worth: $113.2 billion | The co-founder of Google along with Larry Page, Brin who has now stepped down as the president of Alphabet, still is a board member of the company. Sergey is a featured speaker at several international academic, business and technology forums, including the World Economic Forum and the Technology, Entertainment and Design Conference.
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Net Worth: $101.7 billion | Promoter of the Adani Group, Gautam Adani has segregated his multimillion business fortune into energy, logistics, agriculture, aerospace and other sectors. The Adani Group is a multinational conglomerate dealing with port operations and developments in India, making Adani the richest man in Asia.
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Net Worth: $100.4 billion | A Stanford dropout, Ambani has been one of the richest men in Asia, for over a decade now. He is the owner and chairperson of Reliance Industries, which generates a revenue of over $74 billion, as per Forbes.
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Net Worth: $98.9 billion | An initial investor of tech giant Microsoft, Steve Ballmer is currently the owner of Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association, in the United States. Ballmer has also served as the director of Accenture from 2001-2006.
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