The name of the richest man has been clinging to Elon Musk for a long time and the last losses that Tesla borne on the stock exchange and once again found himself at the top of the Forbes list. According to estimates in 2025, the property of the head of the electric car manufacturer Teslarocket manufacturer Spacexand also the owner social platform x (formerly Twitter), is $ 342 billion – according to the 39th annual ranking of Forbes billionaires. At the beginning of April, this amount was decreased by $ 19 billion. In March, Muska’s assets shrunk due to the decrease in Tesla’s share price by 11.5 percent.
The next queue is Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos, whose estates were estimated at $ 216 billion and $ 215 billion at the beginning of March.
Larry Ellison from Oracle, Bernard Arnault from LVMH and Warren Buffett from Berkshire Hathaway and Larry Page from Google are closing the list of the eighth richest people in the world.
The most billionaires come from the USA
The biggest density of billionaires is in the United States. From the currently counting group of 3028 people with a billion on their account, 902 lives in the USA. It combines the property of American Krezus is $ 6.75 trillion. In the top eight, as many as seven are Americans.
China is the second nation with the largest number of rich people. There are 450 citizens in the Middle Kingdom with a billiona estate. The next are India, where 205 billionaires live.
The rich are poor by Trump’s policy
Only in March the ten richest people in the world lost a total of $ 157 billion – forbes says. Their property has shrunk by decreases in share prices caused by uncertainty about the impact of new Trump administration tariffs and the fears of some circles for a possible recession in the USA. However, even after declines in this highest class of wealth, this ten people are worth an unusual $ 1.73 trillion at the beginning of April, estimates forbes.
The statistical chart is based on Forbes calculations using net value based on share prices and exchange rates of March 7, 2025.
The richest people of the world in 2025 – Statista / Statista.com
