World’s Wealthiest People, 2022 (1 April 2022)

As of 1 April 2022, with a net worth of roughly $271 billion, Elon Musk is the richest person in the world, followed by Jeff Bezos(No. 2, $188 billion), Bernard Arnault(No. 3, $149 billion); and Bill Gates(No. 4, $134 billion).

Warren Buffett is the fifth-richest person in the world, with $128 billion. Larry Page ranked 6th with a personal wealth of $124 billion, followed by Sergey Brin with $119 billion. Steve Ballmer is placed 8th with a net worth of $108 billion. Larry Ellison($106 billion) occupied the 9th position on the top 10 richest people in the world list, followed by Mukesh Ambani(No. 10, $98.2 billion).

1. Elon Musk : $271 billion
2. Jeff Bezos : $188 billion
3. Bernard Arnault : $149 billion
4. Bill Gates : $134 billion
5. Warren Buffett : $128 billion
6. Larry Page : $124 billion
7. Sergey Brin : $119 billion
8. Steve Ballmer : $108 billion
9. Larry Ellison : $104 billion
10. Mukesh Ambani : $98.2 billion
11. Gautam Adani : $97.6 billion
12. Mark Zuckerberg : $84.1 billion
13. Francoise Bettencourt Meyers : $80.1 billion
14. Carlos Slim : $79.2 billion
15. Zhong Shanshan : $71.9 billion
16. Jim Walton : $67.0 billion
17. Rob Walton : $66.6 billion
18. Alice Walton : $65.1 billion
19. Changpeng Zhao : $64.5 billion
20. Charles Koch : $59.8 billion
21. Julia Flesher Koch & family : $59.8 billion
22. Michael Dell : $52.4 billion
23. Phil Knight & family : $52.3 billion
24. MacKenzie Scott : $51.2 billion
25. Jacqueline Badger Mars : $50.2 billion

Detailed findings & methodology: CEOWORLD magazine put together a panel of experts to go over data points culled from virtually every reputable wealth tracking media outlet including Bloomberg, The Richest, Money Inc, Cheat Sheet, GOBankingRates, Celebrity Net Worth, Wealthy Gorilla, Forbes, and more. Based on a consensus from these sources, the final decision for ranking was judged editorially. All data is for the most recent period available. Some were not included in the official statistics for various reasons, primarily due to the lack of necessary data. Just remember, these values and fluctuations are estimations based on a host of variables and publicly available documents. The margin of sampling error for the full data sample is plus or minus 1.2 percentage points. In addition to sampling error, one should bear in mind that as in all survey research, there are possible sources of error—such as coverage, non response, and measurement error——that could affect the results. All figures in US dollars.