The variety of billionaires in Forbes journal‘s annual record exceeded 3,000 for the primary time this 12 months, with their complete wealth reaching $16.1 trillion.
The billionaires record, revealed by Forbes for the thirty ninth time this 12 months, confirmed that the variety of billionaires worldwide rose by 247 folks year-on-year in 2025, reaching 3,028.
The complete wealth of billionaires additionally jumped by $2 trillion over the identical interval to $16.1 trillion.
US businessman Elon Musk, the proprietor of corporations akin to Tesla, SpaceX, and X, additionally recognized just lately for his controversial roles in each US and European politics, topped the record because the richest particular person on the planet with a fortune of $342 billion, up $147 billion.
After Musk was the highest marketing campaign donor to US presidential candidate Donald Trump, and Trump received the election final fall, the inventory costs of his corporations soared, although just lately they’ve dropped, since Trump took workplace in January.
Mark Zuckerberg, head of Meta and its subsidiary Facebook, ranked second on the record with a fortune of $216 billion, whereas Jeff Bezos, the founding father of Amazon, ranked third with a fortune of $215 billion.
Musk, Zuckerberg, and Bezos made headlines by all attending President Trump’s inauguration on Jan. 20, returning to the US presidency after a four-year absence.
Source: www.anews.com.tr