Elon Musk recovered three years later the title of the richest person on the planet thanks to a fortune that amounts to 342,000 million dollars, according to the Forbes 2025 list published on Tuesday.
After the technological magnate and right hand of Donald Trump, Mark Zuckerberg appear, with 216,000 million dollars; Jeff Bezos, with a net assets of 215,000 million dollars; Larry Ellison – a former executive director of Oracle – with 192,000 million dollars, and in fifth place is Bernard Arnault, who led the list in 2023 and 2024, with 178,000 million dollars.
“Wealth has increased this year as never seen before. In this year’s list are 3,028 billionaires, the greatest number since the creation of the list in 1987,” said the magazine specialized in a statement.
They complete the second half of Top 10: Warren buffet, with 154,000 million; Google Larry Page co -founders, 144,000 million, and Sergey Brin, 138,000 million; The Spanish textile businessman Amancio Ortega, 124,000 million, and former executive director of Microsoft Steve Ballmer, 118,000 million.
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This is the 39th edition of the Forbes list whose protagonists accumulate this year a total assets of 16.1 billion dollars, a historical record for this classification.
“A record of 15 people worldwide now have 12 -digit fortunes, compared to 14 last year in 2017,” Forbes added in their statement.
Musk’s heritage grows by 75%
In the case of Musk, which has seen its assets increase by 75% in the last year, its promotion to the first place is due to “the new great valuations of Xai and Spacex, and a 12 -month rise in Tesla’s actions, despite the recent mass sale.”
The CEO of Spacex, general director of Tesla and the sole owner of X is the first person that reaches the mark of the 300,000 million dollars of wealth, far exceeded to its record of 342,000 million.
Trump and his leadership as “chief billionaire”
President Donald Trump has far duplicated his net assets, estimated at 5,100 million dollars, thanks to his actions of Trump Media & Technology Group and – according to Forbes – to large cash tickets from its recent cryptocurrency companies.
“Donald Trump took possession (again) as a chief billionaire in January. This time, he is giving the multimillionaire class more control over the government than ever. His right hand is the richest person on the planet. His administration includes at least ten billionaires and multimillionaire spouses,” said Chase Peterson-Withorn, Chief editor of Forbes, in an article after the publication of the compendium.
In the Classification of 2025 there are 288 newcomers, including the musician Bruce Springsteen; the founder of Chipotle, Steve Ells; the CEO of Alphabet/Google, SUCTAR PICHAI; The actor and former governor of California Arnold Schwarzenegger, and the co -founder of Scale Ai Alexandr Wang, the youngest billionaire in the world with 28 years.
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Worldwide, the United States is the country with more billionaires, with 902 on the list, for a total value of 6.75 billion dollars; China follow, with 450 billionaires, and India, with 205.
With EFE information
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