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Forbes Billionaires 2025: Wealth Soars by $2 Trillion – Top 10 & Mukesh Ambani’s Rank

The results of Forbes’ 2025 World’s Billionaires List were largely predictable: Elon Musk topped the list, we examined the top 10 mostly American individuals to see if Alice Walton was still the richest woman in the world, and where Indians Mukesh Ambani and Gautam Adani stood on the esteemed list.
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Forbes World's Billionaires List for 2025

Forbes reports that 3,028 entrepreneurs are listed on the World’s Billionaires List for the year, which is 247 more than the previous year. Additionally, their combined fortune has increased by $2 trillion, for a total value of $16.1 trillion.

With a record 902 billionaires, the US topped the list; in fact, it holds eight of the top ten slots. China, including Hong Kong, came in second with 516 billionaires, while India came in third with 205 billionaires.

World's Billionaires List 2025 — Forbes' Top 10

  1. Born in South Africa, Elon Musk is currently a US citizen. On Forbes’ 2025 World’s Billionaires List, Elon Musk, 53, maintains his unchallenged number one position with a total wealth of $342 billion. In actuality, his wealth has nearly doubled from the $195 billion reported the year before to the Forbes 2024 list. The March 7 stock prices serve as the basis for the computations. Among his other business ventures, Elon Musk owns SpaceX and Tesla.
  2. Mark Zuckerberg: With $216 billion in wealth from the parent company of Facebook, the 40-year-old founder and CEO of Meta comes in second on this list. In the top 10, he is also the youngest.
  3. The 61-year-old CEO of Amazon, Jeff Bezos, is ranked third on Forbes’ 2025 rich list with a net worth of $215 billion.
  4. Larry Ellison (80): The founder of Oracle has a $192 billion net worth.
  5. Bernard Arnault & family (76): The LVMH patriarch is the only non-American (French) to date, having accumulated $178 billion to complete the top five.
  6. Warren Buffett (94): With $154 billion in wealth, the Berkshire Hathaway owner is the oldest of the top 10.
  7. Larry Page (52): With a worth of $144 billion as of 2025, the Google co-founder entered the list.
  8. Sergey Brin (51): With $138 billion, the fellow Google co-founder came in at number 10.
  9. With $124 billion in 2025, Zara’s owner, Amancio Ortega (89), is only the second non-American (Spanish) in the top 10.
  10. Steve Ballmer (69): With $118 billion in wealth, the Microsoft co-founder finished in the top 10.
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