Elon Musk remains the world's richest person, with a fortune of $722 billion

Anna Kramarenko
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Elon Musk remains the world's richest person, with a fortune of $722 billion
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Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, has retained the top spot in the Bloomberg Billionaires Index ranking of the world’s richest people. Since the start of the year, his fortune has grown by a further $103 billion.

According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, remains the world’s richest person.

His fortune is estimated at US$722 billion. Since the start of 2026, it has increased by US$103 billion.

Second place in the ranking is held by Google co-founder Larry Page, with a fortune of $327 billion. Third place goes to another Google co-founder, Sergey Brin, whose fortune is estimated at $304 billion.

The top ten also includes Amazon founder Jeff Bezos with $287 billion, Oracle founder and chairman Larry Ellison with $244 billion, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg with $216 billion, and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang with a fortune of $182 billion.

Also in the top ten richest people in the world are Dell founder Michael Dell with $175 billion, LVMH controlling shareholder Bernard Arnault with a fortune of $161 billion, and Jim Walton, the youngest son of Walmart founder Sam Walton, with a fortune of $145 billion.

There are no representatives from Ukraine in the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. At the same time, the ranking includes two dozen Russian businessmen.

The richest among them is Severstal owner Alexey Mordashov, who is subject to sanctions by Western countries. He ranks 82nd with a fortune of $29.7 billion.

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