World’s Wealthiest People, 2022 (16 April 2022)

As of 16 April 2022, with a net worth of roughly $251 billion, Elon Musk is the richest person in the world, followed by Jeff Bezos(No. 2, $176 billion), Bernard Arnault(No. 3, $143 billion); and Bill Gates(No. 4, $130 billion).

Warren Buffett is the fifth-richest person in the world, with $125 billion. Gautam Adani ranked 6th with a personal wealth of $118 billion, followed by Larry Page with $114 billion. Sergey Brin is placed 8th with a net worth of $109 billion. Larry Ellison($99.7 billion) occupied the 9th position on the top 10 richest people in the world list, followed by Steve Ballmer(No. 10, $98.4 billion).

1. Elon Musk: $251 billion
2. Jeff Bezos: $176 billion
3. Bernard Arnault: $143 billion
4. Bill Gates: $130 billion
5. Warren Buffett: $125 billion
6. Gautam Adani: $118 billion
7. Larry Page: $114 billion
8. Sergey Brin: $109 billion
9. Larry Ellison: $99.7 billion
10. Steve Ballmer: $98.4 billion
11. Mukesh Ambani: $94.9 billion
12. Carlos Slim: $80.4 billion
13. Francoise Bettencourt Meyers: $77.7 billion
14. Mark Zuckerberg: $77.3 billion
15. Zhong Shanshan: $71.0 billion
16. Jim Walton: $70.1 billion
17. Rob Walton: $69.2 billion
18. Alice Walton: $67.7 billion
19. Charles Koch: $59.6 billion
20. Julia Flesher Koch & family: $59.6 billion
21. Phil Knight & family: $52.0 billion
22. Jacqueline Badger Mars: $51.8 billion
23. John Mars: $51.8 billion
24. Michael Dell: $50.8 billion
25. Amancio Ortega: $47.8 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.