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As of August 15, 2023, with a net worth of roughly $89.8 billion, L’Oréal heiress Francoise Bettencourt Meyers is the wealthiest woman in the world, followed by Alice Walton (No. 2, $63.8 billion), Julia Koch (No. 3, $60.6 billion); and Jacqueline Mars (No.4,$37.9 billion). Mackenzie Scott is the fifth-richest woman...

As of August 15, 2023, with a net worth of roughly $223.4 billion, Elon Musk is the wealthiest person in the world, followed by Bernard Arnault (No. 2, $218.2  billion), Jeff Bezos (No. 3, $163.1 billion); and Larry Ellison (No. 4, $144.4 billion). Warren Buffett is the fifth-richest person globally,...

As of August 14, 2023, with a net worth of roughly $225.3 billion, Elon Musk is the wealthiest person in the world, followed by Bernard Arnault (No. 2, $221.8  billion), Jeff Bezos (No. 3, $161.0 billion); and Larry Ellison (No. 4, $141.9 billion). Warren Buffett is the fifth-richest person globally,...

As of August 14, 2023, with a net worth of roughly $91.1 billion, L’Oréal heiress Francoise Bettencourt Meyers is the wealthiest woman in the world, followed by Alice Walton (No. 2, $64.1 billion), Julia Koch (No. 3, $60.6 billion); and Jacqueline Mars (No.4,$37.9 billion). Mackenzie Scott is the fifth-richest woman...

As of August 14, 2023, James Ratcliffe was the wealthiest person in the United Kingdom, with an estimated net worth of 22.3 billion U.S. dollars, followed by Michael Platt (No. 2, $16.0 billion), James Dyson (No. 3, $9.7 billion) and Denise Coates (No. 4, $7.4 billion). John Reece is the fifth-richest person...

As of August 14, 2023, Rafaela Aponte- Diamant was the wealthiest person in Switzerland, with an estimated net worth of 30.0 billion U.S. dollars, followed by Gianluigi Aponte  (No. 2, $30.0 billion), Ernesto Bertarelli (No. 3, $9.5 billion); and Ivan Glasenberg (No. 4, $8.8 billion). Guillaume Pousaz is the fifth-richest person in Switzerland,...

As of August 14, 2023, Stefan Persson was the wealthiest person in Sweden, with an estimated net worth of 17.9 billion U.S. dollars, followed by Antonia Ax:son Johnson (No. 2, $9.3 billion), Melker Schorling (No. 3, $9.1 billion); and Finn Rausing (No. 4, $9.0 billion). Kirsten Rausing is the fifth-richest person...

As of August 14, 2023, Amancio Ortega was the wealthiest person in Spain, with an estimated net worth of 87.9 billion U.S. dollars, followed by Sandra Ortega Mera (No. 2, $7.7 billion), Rafael Del (No. 3, $5.1 billion); and Juan Roig (No. 4, $3.8 billion). Miguel Fluxa Rossello is the fifth-richest person in Spain, with...

As of August 14, 2023, mining magnate Gina Rinehart was the wealthiest woman in Australia, with an estimated net worth of $26.5 billion. Her three daughters, Ginia Rinehart, Bianca Rhinehart, and Hope Welker are all worth over $1.9 billion. Each of the siblings has received a substantial amount of wealth...

Last year, CEOs of companies listed on the S&P 500, a stock market index consisting of 500 large publicly traded corporations, earned an average of $18.8 million. However, a recent report identified 100 "overpaid" CEOs who received high compensation in 2022 despite their companies' mixed shareholder returns. At the top...