As we are on the verge of the end of 2023 and will step into a new year, 2024, we look back at the previous year on who made the list of the top 10 richest persons in the world.
From India, Mukesh Ambani was the only one in the top 10 but unfortunately, the correction of RIL share price reached at Rs. 2437.75 has brought his net wealth from nearly 6.6 trillion Indian rupees, according to a Times Now report.
Let’s have a look at the top 10 richest persons in the world as of 2023:
10. Sergey Brin | $106.8 billion
Citizenship: United States
Age: 50
Sergey Mikhaylovich Brin is an American computer scientist and Internet entrepreneur. Together with Larry Page, he co-founded Google. Brin was the president of Google’s parent company, Alphabet Inc., until stepping down from the role on December 3, 2019. Brin and Page remain at Alphabet as co-founders, controlling shareholders, board members, and employees.
9. Larry Page | $111.2 billion
Citizenship: United States
Age: 50
Lawrence Edward Page is an American computer scientist and Internet entrepreneur. He is best known as one of the co-founders of Google along with Sergey Brin. Page was the chief executive officer of Google from 1997 until August 2001 (stepping down in favour of Eric Schmidt) then from April 2011 until July 2015 when he moved to become CEO of Alphabet Inc. (created to deliver “major advancements” as Google’s parent company), a post he held until December 4, 2019. He remains an Alphabet board member, employee, and controlling shareholder.
8. Steve Ballmer | $111.8 billion
Citizenship: United States
Age: 67
Steven Anthony Ballmer is an American businessman and investor who served as the chief executive officer of Microsoft from 2000 to 2014. He is the current owner of the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
7. Mark Zuckerberg | $115.1 billion
Citizenship: United States
Age: 39
Mark Elliot Zuckerberg is an American media magnate, internet entrepreneur, and philanthropist. He is known for co-founding Facebook, Inc. and serves as its chairman, chief executive officer, and controlling shareholder.[ He also is a co-founder of the solar sail spacecraft development project Breakthrough Starshot and serves as one of its board members.
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6. Bill Gates | $117.6 billion
Citizenship: United States
Age: 68
William Henry Gates III is an American business magnate, software developer, and philanthropist. He is best known as the co-founder of Microsoft Corporation. During his career at Microsoft, Gates held the positions of chairman, chief executive officer (CEO), president and chief software architect, while also being the largest individual shareholder until May 2014. He is one of the best-known entrepreneurs and pioneers of the microcomputer revolution of the 1970s and 1980s.
5. Warren Buffett | $118.5 billion
Citizenship: United States
Age: 93
Warren Edward Buffett is an American investor, business tycoon, philanthropist, and the chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway. He is considered one of the most successful investors in the world.
4. Larry Ellison | $147.5 billion
Citizenship: United States
Age: 79
Lawrence Joseph Ellison is an American business magnate, investor, and philanthropist who is a co-founder, the executive chairman and chief technology officer (CTO) of Oracle Corporation.
3. Jeff Bezos | $169.3 billion
Citizenship: United States
Age: 59
Jeffrey Preston Bezos is an American internet entrepreneur, industrialist, media proprietor, and investor. He is best known as the founder, CEO, and president of the multi-national technology company Amazon.
So, here we come to the end of the top 10 richest persons in the world as of 2023. As we head into 2024, it’ll be interesting to see who makes the highest fortune in the new year.
2. Bernard Arnault and Family | $187.9 billion
Citizenship: France
Age: 74
Bernard Jean Étienne Arnault is a French billionaire businessman and art collector. He is the chairman and chief executive of LVMH Moët Hennessy – Louis Vuitton SE, the world’s largest luxury-goods company.
1. Elon Musk | $244.4 billion
Citizenship: United States
Age: 52
Elon Reeve Musk is a business magnate, industrial designer and engineer. He is the founder, CEO, CTO and chief designer of SpaceX; early investor, CEO and product architect of Tesla, Inc.; founder of The Boring Company; co-founder of Neuralink; and co-founder and initial co-chairman of OpenAI.
