Elon Musk ends 2023 as the richest man in the world

The wealth of the world's 500 richest people rose from US$1.4 trillion to US$1.5 trillion (about R$7.3 trillion) between 2022 and 2023, according to a Bloomberg survey. According to the study, the richest man in the world is Elon Musk, owner of the electric car manufacturing company Tesla and the social networking company. Twitter/X.

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Musk, who also runs SpaceX, is worth an estimated $229 billion. In one year, his wealth increased by $92 billion.

Frenchman Bernard Arnault, president and CEO of the luxury empire LVMH, which owns the Louis Vuitton brand, occupies second place. His wealth amounts to 179 billion US dollars.

Data was collected as of Saturday 30. The remaining positions at the top of the list are held by entrepreneurs in the technology sector. Third place went to Jeff Bezos ($177 billion), founder of Amazon. He was followed by Bill Gates ($141 billion) from Microsoft, and Steve Ballmer ($131 billion), who led the company from 1998 to 2014.

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Elon Musk and the nine richest people in the world

Look classification With the 10 richest people in the world, according to Bloomberg:

1. Elon Musk ($229 billion, up $92 billion);
2. Bernard Arnault ($179 billion, up from $17 billion);
3. Jeff Bezos ($177 billion, up from $69.9 billion);
4. Bill Gates ($141 billion, up from $31.5 billion);
5. Steve Ballmer ($131 billion, up $45 billion);
6. Mark Zuckerberg ($128 billion, up from $82.5 billion);
7. Larry Page ($126 billion, up from $43.5 billion);
8. Larry Ellison ($123 billion, up $31.1 billion);
9. Sergey Brin ($120 billion, up from $40.6 billion); that it
10. Warren Buffett ($120 billion, up $12.3 billion);

Report for newspaper British Watchman A post this week suggests a similar movement. The ten richest people in the world whose wealth increased in 2023.

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Of the 50 richest people in the world, 12 of them lost money in 2023, while the rest saw their wealth grow, without taking into account adjustment for inflation. Of the top 500, 77% became wealthy, the report said guardian.

magazine the West, With information from International agency