All you need to know about current Top 10 Billionaires: Their worth, businesses
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The total net worth of the world’s top 10 billionaires led by French lifestyle and fashionpreneur Bernard Arnault stands at $1,162.9 trillion with six of them playing in the tech economy space.
Only Arnault, Berkshire Hathaway’s Warren Buffett, Adani Group founder Gautam Adani, and Reliance Industry’s Mukesh Ambani do business outside technology.
Two of the billionaires are Indians still residing in India – Gautam Adani and Mukesh Ambani.
Below are the top 10 and their worth.
1.Bernard Arnault
Age: 73
Residence: Paris
CEO and Chair: LVMH (LVMUY)
Net Worth: $172.9 billion
Christian Dior Ownership Stake: 97.5% ($132 billion total)
Other Assets: Moelis & Company equity ($25 billion public asset) and $10.3 billion in cash
- Elon Musk
Age: 51
Residence: Texas
Co-founder and CEO: Tesla
Net Worth: $168.5 billion
Tesla Ownership Stake: 15% ($63.6 billion)
Other Assets: Space Exploration Technologies ($46.9 billion private asset), The Boring Company ($3.33 billion private asset), Twitter ($20.2 billion private asset)
- Gautam Adani
Age: 60
Residence: Gurgaon, India
Founder and Chair: Adani Group
Net Worth: $125 billion
Adani Enterprises, Adani Power, and Adani Transmissions Ownership Stakes: 75% each ($72.45 billion)
Other Assets: 66% of Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone ($12.2 billion public asset), 61% of Adani Green Energy ($22.6 billion public asset), 37% of Adani Total Gas ($18.1 billion public asset)
- Bill Gates
Age: 67
Residence: Washington
Co-founder: Microsoft (MSFT)
Net Worth: $115 billion
Microsoft Ownership Stake: 1.3% ($26 billion)
Other Assets: $55 billion in cash and billions over multiple other companies.
- Jeff Bezos
Age: 58
Residence: Washington
Founder and Executive Chair: Amazon (AMZN)
Net Worth: $114 billion
Amazon Ownership Stake: 10% ($89.9 billion)
Other Assets: Blue Origin ($9.15 billion private asset), The Washington Post ($250 million private asset), and $14.5 billion in cash.
- Warren Buffett
Age: 92
Residence: Nebraska
CEO: Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)
Net Worth: $108 billion
Berkshire Hathaway Ownership Stake: 14% ($107 billion)
Other Assets: $1.10 billion in cash.
- Larry Ellison
Age: 78
Residence: Hawaii
Co-founder, Chair, and CTO: Oracle (ORCL)
Net Worth: $93.7 billion
Oracle Ownership Stake: 40%+ ($68.3 billion)
Other Assets: Tesla equity ($7.56 billion public asset), $17.2 billion in cash
- Mukesh Ambani
Age: 65
Residence: Mumbai, India
Owner: Reliance Industries
Net Worth: $89.6 billion
Reliance Ownership Stake: 42% ($90.1 billion total)
Other Assets: $410 million in real estate
- Steve Ballmer
Age: 66
Residence: Washington
Owner: Los Angeles Clippers
Net Worth: $89.3 billion
Microsoft Ownership Stake: 4% ($80.6 billion total)
Other Assets: Los Angeles Clippers ($3.16 billion private asset), $5.5 billion in cash
- Larry Page
Age: 49
Residence: California
Co-founder and Board Member: Alphabet (GOOG)
Net Worth: $86.9 billion
Alphabet Ownership Stake: 6% ($72.8 billion total)
Other Assets: $14.1 billion in cash.