Based on Forbes’ Billionaires Index as of May 2025, these are the ten richest people in the world: Here’s an even closer look ...

The world's richest people saw their net worth once again ... Warren Buffett, 94, is the chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, and the only member of the top 10 list to have consistently made gains ...

The world's 10 richest people had a combined $172 billion ... Elon Musk alone has shed $135 billion, bringing the Tesla and SpaceX CEO's net worth below $300 billion for the first time in five ...

More than half of California’s 10 richest billionaires attended college in the Golden State, according to Forbes.

dropped out of the top 10 richest in October ... Musk, who became CEO of Tesla in 2008, took the company public in 2010. In September 2021, Musk became the world’s richest person.

The world's 10 richest people had a combined $172 billion ... Bezos stepped down as Amazon's CEO in 2021. Mark Zuckerberg is the cofounder and CEO of Meta Platforms.Manuel Orbegozo/REUTERS Mark ...

The world's 10 richest people had a combined $135.33 billion ... according to Bloomberg's Billionaire index. Tesla CEO Elon Musk saw the largest single-day gains, raking in $35.9 billion alone ...

Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Tesla CEO Elon Musk.Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images. Allison Robbert-Pool/Getty Images The world's 10 richest people had a combined $172 ...