- By Aditya Pratap Singh
- Wed, 21 Feb 2024 11:58 AM (IST)
- Source:JND
World Richest Persons: Bernard Arnault, owner of the Louis Vuitton brand, climbed to become the second richest person in the world, surpassing former Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos. The French businessman is the only non-American in the latest Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
As per the index, Elon Musk still holds the number one position in the world billionaires list. India's eminent businessmen Adani and Ambani have strengthened their position in the $100 billion club.
The wealth of the world's richest person, Tesla CEO Elon Musk, declined by $ 4.43 billion to $ 209 billion. Contrary, Bernard Arnault's wealth has increased by $603 million. Now Arnault is the second richest person with a net worth of $193 billion.
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Jeff Bezos lost 2.32 billion dollar
Jeff Bezos lost wealth worth $2.31 billion, which changed his position to third from second. Amazon's founder now has assets worth $191 billion. Next to Bezos, CEO of Meta Mark Zuckerberg secured fourth place in the world billionaire list. His wealth has plunged $549 million, but he has retained his fourth position with total assets of $169 billion.
Bill Gates is fifth among the world's richest person
Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft, has a net worth of $146 billion and is ranked fifth. He registered a decrease of $144 million in his assets. Steve Ballmer remains in sixth place after losing $405 million with a net worth is 139 billion dollars. Warren Buffett is in seventh place and he has assets worth $135 billion.
Larry's Page is in the Top 10 Billionaire list
Larry Page is in eighth place with $128 billion and Larry Ellison is in ninth place with $124 billion. The wealth of Sergey Brin, in 10th place, also increased by $381 million. His net worth is 122 billion dollars.
Adani-Ambani strengthens position in 100 billion dollar club
A total of 13 billionaires are in the world who have assets of more than 100 billion dollars each. Mukesh Ambani and Gautam Adani are two Indians who are in the 100 billion-dollar club. According to the latest Bloomberg list, Gautam Adani's wealth increased by $ 68.2 million and with a net worth of $ 102 billion, he has further strengthened his position at 13th place. Mukesh Ambani's wealth has increased by $1.13 billion and is firmly at number 11 with a total wealth of $111 billion.
