Elon Musk has been the richest man in the world since May 2024, when he reclaimed the top rank, despite his net worth falling by about £5 billion in the last month.
According to Forbes, Elon Musk has an incredible net worth of $330.1 billion (about £260 million) as of November of this year. In addition, he was named the richest person in the world in September 2021 and June 2023. He briefly dropped to second position at the beginning of the year, but regained the title in May.
As expected, Mark Zuckerberg, a co-founder of Facebook, and Jeff Bezos, the chairman of Amazon, rank third and fourth on the list, respectively. Some lesser-known names have, nevertheless, made the cut.
There may be a few names you are unfamiliar with among the top ten richest people in the world as revealed by Forbes.
Tenth place goes to Amancio Ortega, who co-founded Inditex, the Spanish international apparel firm that is well-known for fast fashion labels like Zara, Berskha, and Stradivarius, with his ex-wife, Rosalia Mera. Inditex is the biggest fast fashion group in the world, with over 7,200 outlets.
In 2023 and 2024, Mr. Ortega ranked 13th on the list of World Billionaires, with a net worth of $123.8 billion, or over £97 billion. According to the Express, a spike in Inditex’s stock in September propelled him back into the top ten.
