World’s Wealthiest People, 2022 (21 April 2022)

As of 21 April 2022, with a net worth of roughly $249 billion, Elon Musk is the wealthiest person in the world, followed by Jeff Bezos(No. 2, $179 billion), Bernard Arnault(No. 3, $144 billion); and Bill Gates(No. 4, $131 billion).

Warren Buffett is the fifth-richest person globally, with $126 billion. Gautam Adani ranked 6th with a personal wealth of $117 billion, followed by Larry Page with $115 billion. Sergey Brin is placed 8th with a net worth of $110 billion. Mukesh Ambani($101 billion) occupied the 9th position on the top 10 richest people in the world list, followed by Steve Ballmer(No. 10, $101 billion).

1. Elon Musk: $249 billion
2. Jeff Bezos: $179 billion
3. Bernard Arnault: $144 billion
4. Bill Gates: $131 billion
5. Warren Buffett: $126 billion
6. Gautam Adani: $117 billion
7. Larry Page: $115 billion
8. Sergey Brin: $110 billion
9. Mukesh Ambani: $101 billion
10. Steve Ballmer: $101 billion
11. Larry Ellison: $100 billion
12. Carlos Slim: $79.0 billion
13. Francoise Bettencourt Meyers: $76.3 billion
14. Mark Zuckerberg: $73.9 billion
15. Jim Walton: $71.1 billion
16. Zhong Shanshan: $70.7 billion
17. Rob Walton: $70.1 billion
18. Alice Walton: $68.5 billion
19. Charles Koch: $60.5 billion
20. Julia Flesher Koch & family: $60.5 billion
21. Jacqueline Badger Mars: $53.2 billion
22. John Mars: $53.2 billion
23. Michael Dell: $50.9 billion
24. Phil Knight & family: $50.2 billion
25. Amancio Ortega: $48.5 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, nonresponse, and measurement error——that could affect the results. All figures in US dollars.