The whole world is filled with many rich people, we often hear many names that contain a lot of assets and are very rich. They do not need to think about giving the rent or paying for the electric bill, also unlike us they don’t think twice before buying a car.
Who are they? Want to know who is the richest people in the whole world? Here are some of the richest man in the world from 1 to 10.
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Jeff Bezos
Whenever we think of rich people, this name comes to our mind, and he is one of the popular public figures. Jeff Bezos is very well known all around the world as he is the founder of Amazon. Amazon is one of the big companies out in the shopping market and many other fields. But everything was not like this from the start, he had to work very hard to be the richest man in the world today.
Many people become rich following the family business, or with the money of their previous generation. But Jeff Bezons is not one of them, he became rich and popular on his own. He started from scratch and built one of the biggest websites in the world. The net worth of Jeff Bezos is 117.5 billion, and this all started with a bookstore online operated by Jeff Bezos in his bedroom.
In 2020 Jeff Bezos became the richest man in the world, even after his wife took 4% of Amazon after the divorce which was worth billions. In the last couple of years, the net worth of Jeff Bezos has increased by more than 40 billion. He is the 1st man in the whole world to cross the mark of 100 billion.
Bernard Arnault
Bernard Arnault comes in the 2nd position of the top richest man in the world. His current net worth is around 112 billion, and he is very close to wearing the crown of being the top. Bernard Arnault is very well known for being the CEO of a famous and popular company, which is well recognized in the world as the largest luxury-goods company named Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessey.
Louis Vuitton is a fashion company that took a new leap after merging with another well-known company named Moet Hennessey is known as one of the best champagne and cognac manufacturers. After merging the company became more popular and earned a lot which made Bernard Arnault billionaire.
In the last couple of years, he did some really hard work and took some important movements. These helped him to become the 2nd richest man in the world. He was in the list of top 20 richest people in the world in 2017, taking the 14th place. Taking 2nd place in the age of 70 is impressive, and he might be the richest in upcoming years.
Bill Gates
Jeff Bezos might be wearing the crown of the richest man in the world today. But Bill Gates is known for wearing the crown back to back in the past years. Bill Gates is very well known all around the world as an American software developer, philanthropist, investor and business magnate. Other than these, he is also very famous for being the co-founder of Microsoft.
He worked very hard and started as a start-up in the initial stage. Bill Gates and Paul Allen together founded Microsoft in 1975 as a small company. But after years of hard work, Microsoft became the largest company of PC software in the world. His net worth is 108.8 billion today even after sharing a lot of fortune.
Microsoft has helped him very much to become the unbeaten top richest in the past years. But after reaching the mark of 100 billion, his progress started to fall or being still instead of improving. One of the famous sayings of Bill Gates is “success is a lousy teacher, it seduces smart people into thinking they can’t lose”.
Warren Buffet
One of the names that comes to mind when thinking of the richest people in the world is Warren Buffett. Warren Buffett is an American investor, chairman, and business magnate. Apart from this, he is very famous and well recognized in the world for being the CEO of Berkshire Hathaway. Not only does he come in the top 10 list of the richest man, but also stays on the top in the list of successful investors in the world.
The net worth of Warren Buffett is around 89.9 billion and very close to crossing the 100 billion mark. Despite having all this money, he is very humble. One of the major examples is he still stays in the home that he purchased back when he was not rich. Being at the 4th place at the age of 89 is impressive and he might reach the top and reach the crown soon with the help of Berkshire Hathaway.
One of the great sayings of Warren Buffett which helps you to become rich is “Be fearful when others are greedy and be greedy when others are fearful”.
Amancio Ortega
The 5th position of the richest man in the world today is held by Amancio Ortega. His net worth is around 78 billion and he is one of the very well known public figures all around the world. Amancio Ortega is famous for being the founder and chairman of the Inditex fashion group. Inditex fashion group is also very popular for the chain clothing known as Zara which is well recognized in the world. Apart from this, Amancio Ortega is a famous business magnate.
He worked very hard to become rich from a young age. In Spain, he started his journey as a delivery boy in a store. Later became assistant of a men’s garment shop and working in different positions helped him gain knowledge and he started manufacturing clothes. Starting from there, he is now one of the richest men in the world. Very recently he lost more than 11 billion money and the progress was affected. But now he is regaining the money and at the age of 83, he is still ready to reach the top.
Mark Zuckerberg
Everyone might know this person who is at the 6th position of the list. His name is Mark Zukerberg, mostly known around the world for being the founder of popular social media platform Facebook. Unlike most of the people on this list, Mark is quite young and he accomplished many things. At the age of 35, his net worth is 77.7 billion.
Facebook has become one of the most valuable social media platforms in the world. But everything was not like this from the start, he started his journey from Harvard University in the dorm room. In the past years, his net worth has dropped a bit due to the Data scandal of Cambridge and many other things.
The stock prices of Facebook might have dropped but it will go up again. Recently, another online platform named Whatsapp has also merged with Facebook along with Instagram. With the increased popularity and use of social media, these merges might help him to go up in the list again and become the richest man in the world.
Larry Ellison
Next in the list comes the co-founder and former CEO of Oracle. Larry Ellison is a well known public figure all around the world and very famous for being one of the richest people in tech. The net worth of Larry Ellison is around 67 billion. Mostly with the help of Oracle, he became one of the richest people in the world.
Larry Ellison is very well known for appearing in the news for buying an island in Hawaii to yacht racing. He is the prime example of never giving up on your dreams, he was dropped out of college 2 times and still pursued his dream. He started to learn about computers and computer programming skills while working for other companies such as Wells Fargo, Amdahl, etc.
Later with partners, he started a new company Oracle and slowly it became very popular. At the age of 75, even after not being not the CEO of Oracle he still comes in the top 10 list of the richest man in the world.
Carlos Slim Helu
Carlos Slim Helu is one of the names that keeps moving in the list of richest people in the world. He is a Mexican businessman known as an investor, engineer, philanthropist, business tycoon. He might be on the 8th number of the list of the richest man in the world today. But he was on the top from 2010 to 2013 for back to back 3 years.
The total net worth of Carlos Slim Helu is around 68 billion, he is very well known for being the owner of Grupo Carso. In the beginning, he started his journey in Mexico working as a stock trader. Later at the age of 25 in 1965, he arranged more than 3 million and used it to invest in making brokerage firm of his own, which was called Inversora Bursatil. After that, he never had to look backwards and started his journey to become a billionaire.
He recovered from a net worth fall last year and earned his place, but again this year the place has dropped down. It might go up in the later years and chances are still there that we might see him coming up on the top again.
Larry Page
Larry Page is a famous public figure and very well known for being the CEO of Google. He was the CEO of Google parent company which is known as Alphabet and currently, he is an example of how to earn money while sleeping. He earns 1 dollar as a salary but being a co-founder of Google and as an investor, he earned more than 65.6 billion. Currently, the net worth of Larry Page is around 62 billion.
Apart from being the co-founder of Google, Larry Page is also an American internet entrepreneur and computer scientist. Along with Sergey Ben, he invented the most used keyword engine in this generation Google at a garage in 1998.
Recently in 2019, 3rd December, he stepped down from the role of CEO in Alphabet company. But he still holds the shares and we might see him going up in the list in the future. After Zuckerberg, Larry is one of the under 50 age billionaires.
Sergey Brin
As mentioned above, Sergey Brin is another co-founder of Google. With the increased popularity and use, Sergey Brin became very rich. Currently, his net worth is around 60 billion and it all came with making a search engine in the garage in 1998 along with Larry Page. He became 10th in the list of the richest man in the world by being the president of the Alphabet.
Like Larry Page, Sergey ben also gets an annual salary of 1 dollar. He is also known as an American internet entrepreneur and computer scientist. Brin also stepped down from the CEO of Alphabet Inc. Sergey Brin is 46 years old and is mostly seen in the top 20 richest people in the world list. He is another billionaire who is under the age of 50.
Things that you need to know about the richest man in the world
1. In the year 2019, who was the richest man in the world?
Jeff Bezos became the richest man in 2019 after getting the 40 billion more to his net worth.
2. Is there anyone who is a trillionaire?
No, there is no trillionaire right now at the ranking.
3. Who is close to becoming the first trillionaire of the world?
Jeff Bezos was the 1st to close the 100 billion. It is estimated that at the age of 32 he might become the first trillionaire in the world.
Conclusion
Here are the top 10 richest people in the world in 2020. This information will give you an idea of the current status of wealth. But the ranks keep changing and small issues make someone cross others.