Every year world’s richest people are determined based on their financial worth and financial performance. A list is prepared which discloses the name, net worth, and various other informative facts about the top richest people. Below given is the list of the top 10 richest people in the world in 2021.
- Jeff Bezos
He is the founder of the largest E-commerce company known as Amazon and an aerospace company named Blue Origin. His estimated net worth is $177 billion which makes him the current richest person in the world. He was born on 12 January 1964 in New Mexico, United States. He founded the E-commerce company in his garage in 1994 which was in Seattle. He is no longer the CEO of Amazon and chose to become the executive chairman in July 2021. His name has been listed multiple times in various Forbes lists. He is the first man after Bill Gates to earn a net worth over $100.
- Elon Musk
Elon Musk is the co-founder and CEO of an electric vehicle manufacturing company Tesla and an aerospace company known as SpaceX. Elon’s net worth is estimated to be $151 billion. He was born in Pretoria, South Africa on 28 June 1971. The rapid increase in the shares of Tesla helped him improve his ranking from 31 to the top ten within a year. For a brief time, he also topped the list however, due to the changes in stock he is now the second richest person in the world. He also founded other companies like, The Boring Company and Neuralink which have also proved to be his good investments.
- Bernard Arnault
He is the founder and CEO of LVMH (Louis Vuitton Moet Hennesy). This business owns the biggest luxury brands in the world like Marc Jacobs, Sephora, Bulgari, Christian Dior, and many more. Almost half of the ownership of LVMH is under him and his major part of the income comes from the stake in Christian Dior which is more than 95%. His net worth is $150 billion. He is the third richest man in the world since 2020 according to the Forbes list. His name has also been mentioned in the list of most powerful people in the year 2018.
- Bill Gates
Bill Gates whose full name is William Henry Gates III is the co-founder of Microsoft Corporation. He is a software developer, author, investor, and philanthropist. His net worth is estimated to be $124 billion. He was born on October 28, 1955, in Seattle, Washington. Bill Gates was only 13 years old when he wrote his first software program. He dropped out of Harvard University to work on Microsoft along with his friend Allen. They found Microsoft on April 4, 1975. The company now has its line of computers and offers various services. They publish books with the help of Microsoft Press and also offer video game systems and related devices.
- Mark Zuckerberg
He is known for being the co-founder and CEO of the largest social networking website, Facebook. He is an internet entrepreneur and philanthropist. He founded the networking website in 2004 with his four batch-mates while attending Harvard University. Later, he dropped out of university to spend more time developing the business. His net worth is $97 billion. Facebook is the largest social networking platform and enables the user to connect with others. The site is free to use and uses advertisement as a source of income. His name was also mentioned in the list of America’s richest entrepreneurs under 40 in the year 2016.
- Warren Buffet
Warren Edward Buffet is the chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, a multinational conglomerate company. He is an investor, business magnate, and philanthropist. He was born on 30 August 1930 in Omaha, United States. He is also known as the Oracle of Omaha. His net worth is estimated to be $96 billion. He is said to be the most successful investor and bought his first shares in the year 1962 in a textile company known as Berkshire Hathaway and then gradually became the major shareholder.
- Larry Ellison
Lawrence Joseph Ellison or Larry Ellison is the co-founder, chief technology officer (CTO), chairman, and former CEO of Oracle Corporation (ORCL). His net worth is $93 billion. The corporation is known for its software and hardware products and services. It is the second-largest software company and provides programs and software like Linux and Java. He owns around 35% of the corporation.
- Larry Page
Larry Page or Lawrence Edward Page is the Co-founder of Alphabet, Google’s parent company. His net worth is estimated to be $91.5 billion. He is a computer scientist and entrepreneur. He was born on March 26, 1973, in Michigan, U.S. His journey started in 1995 along with his fellow Sergey Brin when he was attending Standford University. They co-founded Google in 1998 and Larry Page was the CEO of the company till 2001.
- Sergey Brin
Sergey Brin or Sergey Mikhaylovich Brin is the Co-founder of Alphabet and Google. He is an entrepreneur and computer scientist. He was born on August 21, 1973, in Moscow, Russia. His net worth is $89 billion. Sergey Brin and his friend Larry Page found Alphabet in 2015. Brin was the president of Alphabet till 2019. Google is the most popular search engine and also offers various online services and tools. It includes Gmail, Google Meet, Google Drive, and more.
- Mukesh Ambani
Mukesh Ambani or Mukesh Dhirubhai Ambani is the managing director and the chairman of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL). He is an Indian businessman and the largest shareholder of the company. His net worth is estimated to be $84.5 billion. Reliance Industries is a multinational conglomerate company. It was founded in 1966 by Dhirubhai Ambani, the father of Mukesh Ambani. Earlier it was only a small textile manufacturing unit which was later diversified. He is known as the wealthiest person in India. His name was also included in various Forbes lists like powerful people and India’s richest. Their main income comes from businesses like telecom, petrochemicals, oil and gas, and retail.
