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Is anyone richer than Bill Gates?

Is anyone richer than Bill Gates?

According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, the 50-year-old’s net worth is $230 billion as of Friday. Microsoft founder Gates is placed fourth with $130 billion while Buffett is placed 10th with $102 billion. Both Gates and Buffett previously held the world’s richest title.

Who is richer than Bill Gates in the world?

Elon Musk, the co-founder and CEO of Tesla, is the richest person in the world with a $278 billion net worth. Behind Musk is the founder of Amazon, Jeff Bezos, with an estimated net worth of $202 billion.

What is the rank of Bill Gates in rich?

THE REAL-TIME BILLIONAIRES LIST

rank name Net Worth
1 Elon Musk $282.4 B
2 Jeff Bezos $201.6 B
3 Bernard Arnault & family $187.4 B
4 Bill Gates $137.4 B

Who is currently the richest man in the world?

Jeff Bezos
That widened his lead over Amazon.com Inc.’s Jeff Bezos as the world’s wealthiest person to $143 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.

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Is Bill Gates richer than Jeff Bezos?

Bill Gates might have ended up richer than Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos combined by hanging onto Microsoft Corp. rather than selling. Gates’s 1998 holding would have been valued Friday at about $693 billion, topping Musk’s net worth of $340.4 billion and Bezos’s net worth of $200.3 billion.

Who is currently the world’s richest man?

Jeff Bezos is the world’s richest for the fourth year running, worth $177 billion, while Elon Musk rocketed into the number two spot with $151 billion, as Tesla and Amazon shares surged.

Why is Elon Musk so rich?

Musk’s 23\% stake in Tesla (discounted for loan obligations) constitutes the bulk of his fortune, but he also holds a minority stake in the privately held rocket company he founded in 2002, SpaceX. That would be particularly onerous for Musk, who holds much of his vast fortune in Tesla’s publicly traded shares.