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The world’s wealthiest people have several things in common, but one of the

most prominent is that the 10 richest have more than $100 billion to their name.
The very top have more than $200 billion. These amounts don’t consist of cash
sitting in a bank but are mainly investments, often of some of the largest publicly
traded companies, which even the general public can invest in.

These billionaires reached their lofty heights through hard work, great ideas,
serendipity and plenty of careful planning with wise financial advisors along the
way.

Here are the world’s 10 richest people and some of their key investments,
according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, as of Jan. 5, 2025.

The world’s 10 wealthiest individuals


1. Elon Musk: $437 billion

Elon Musk is one of the most controversial business figures, but what’s not
under dispute is his wealth. Born in South Africa, Musk built Tesla into a leading
player in the electric vehicle market, and is pushing space travel with his SpaceX
venture.

Musk made a small fortune as an early shareholder of PayPal, and more


recently purchased Twitter, which he renamed X. Musk has courted controversy
in recent years, using drugs during a broadcast interview with top podcaster Joe
Rogan and becoming more active politically, besides a range of other political
pronouncements on X.

2. Jeff Bezos: $243 billion

As the founder of Amazon, Jeff Bezos became something of a household name


in the dot-com boom of 1999-2000, but his wealth really took off after the 2008-
2009 financial crisis. In the decade that followed, Amazon expanded into web
services, logistics and shipping and more.

Bezos purchased the Washington Post in 2013 for $250 million and founded
Blue Origin, an aerospace company that is commercializing space travel. He’s
also a noted philanthropist, founding the Bezos Earth Fund in 2020 with a
donation of $10 billion and has said that he will give away most of his fortune.

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