Forbes Billionaires List 2025: The Wealthiest Individuals in the World

Top 10 Richest People in the World in 2025: Global business magnates and entrepreneurs have seen remarkable growth in their wealth, greatly boosting their net worth through innovation and strategic vision.

Top 10 Richest People in the World in 2025: Global business leaders and entrepreneurs have seen an exceptional rise in their wealth, significantly boosting their net worth through innovation and strategic vision. According to Forbes’ latest rankings, Elon Musk begins 2025 as the world’s wealthiest individual, with a net worth of $433.9 billion. In a notable change, Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg has overtaken Oracle founder Larry Ellison to become the third-richest person globally.

Prominent figures like Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, and Jensen Huang have contributed to a remarkable combined net worth of $10 trillion, a surge largely driven by the value of US tech stocks, which have been key in fueling the fortunes of these billionaires.

Rank	Name	Net Worth (USD)	Source of Wealth	Country
1.	Elon Musk	$433.9 B	Tesla, SpaceX	United States
2.	Jeff Bezos	$239.4 B	Amazon	United States
3.	Mark Zuckerberg	$211.8 B	Facebook	United States
4.	Larry Ellison	$204.6 B	Oracle	United States
5.	Bernard Arnault & Family	$181.3 B	LVMH	France
6.	Larry Page	$161.4 B	Google	United States
7.	Sergey Brin	$154.0 B	Google	United States
8.	Warren Buffett	$146.2 B	Berkshire Hathaway	United States
9.	Steve Ballmer	$126.0 B	Microsoft	United States
10.	Jensen Huang	$120.2 B	NVIDIA	United States

Interesting Facts about Forbes Billionaires List 2025

In Forbes’ World’s Billionaires List for 2025, the United States remains at the top with a record 813 billionaires, followed by China with 473, and India impressively securing third place with 200 billionaires.

Tech industry giants like Larry Ellison, Jeff Bezos, Michael Dell, and Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin have seen substantial growth in their wealth.

Together, these eight tech moguls contributed more than $600 billion to the $1.5 trillion overall increase in the net worth of the world’s wealthiest individuals, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.

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