The 15 people that are worth more than $100-billion
Only a handful of people in the entire world have managed to build up their worth to more than $100-billion.
Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Mark Zuckerberg, just to name a few, are among the world's most elite group of people whose net worth is above $100-billion.
According to Business Insider, this list of 15 centi-billionaires is attributed to them owning huge amounts of stock in some of the world's most valuable companies.
Many of them are founders and either current or former CEOs of some of the world's wealthiest companies.
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Together, their combined wealth is more than $2.2-trillion, which is more than the $2-trillion market capitalisation of Alphabet, Google's parent company.
Without further ado, here is the full list of 15 people who are worth at least $100-billion:
Elon Musk
- Net worth: $245-billion
- YTD change: +$16.4-billion
- Source of wealth: Tesla and SpaceX stock
Jeff Bezos
- Net worth: $201-billion
- YTD change: +$24.4-billion
- Source of wealth: Amazon stock
Bernard Arnault
- Net worth: $197-billion
- YTD change: -$10.1-billion
- Source of wealth: LVMH stock
Mark Zuckerberg
- Net worth: $188-billion
- YTD change: +$59.9-billion
- Source of wealth: Meta stock
Bill Gates
- Net worth: $158-billion
- YTD change: +$17.8-billion
- Source of wealth: Microsoft stock
Larry Ellison
- Net worth: $153-billion
- YTD change: +$30.0-billion
- Source of wealth: Oracle and Tesla stock
Larry Page
- Net worth: $150-billion
- YTD change: +$23.5-billion
- Source of wealth: Alphabet stock
Steve Ballmer
- Net worth: $146-billion
- YTD change: +$15.3-billion
- Source of wealth: Microsoft stock
Warren Buffett
- Net worth: $141-billion
- YTD change: +$21.7-billion
- Source of wealth: Berkshire Hathaway stock
Sergey Brin
- Net worth: $141-billion
- YTD change: +$21.2-billion
- Source of wealth: Alphabet stock
Jensen Huang
- Net worth: $114-billion
- YTD change: +$69.9-billion
- Source of wealth: Nvidia stock
Mukesh Ambani
- Net worth: $112-billion
- YTD change: +$15.7-billion
- Source of wealth: Reliance Industries stock
Michael Dell
- Net worth: $107-billion
- YTD change: +$28.4-billion
- Source of wealth: Dell stock
Gautam Adani
- Net worth: $105-billion
- YTD change: +$20.8-billion
- Source of wealth: Adani Group stock
Amancio Ortega
- Net worth: $105-billion
- YTD change: +$17.2-billion
- Source of wealth: Inditex stock
Business Insider also reported that most individuals on this elite list have grown richer this year, adding a combined estimate of $370-billion to their wealth.
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To give you an idea, that is more than Bank of America ($308 billion), Coca-Cola ($297 billion), and Netflix ($295 billion) are worth.
Some of these centi-billionaires, like Warren Buffet, would also have been richer if they had not given billions to charity.
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