As of July 2024, Elon Musk had a net worth valued at 242.6 billion U.S. dollars, making him the richest man in the world. Amazon-founder Jeff Bezos followed in third, with owner of the luxury goods producer LVMH, Bernard Arnault and his family, in third. The list is dominated by Americans, and Francoise Bettencourt Meyers is the only woman among the 20 richest people worldwide.
The world's leading billionaires as of July 2024, based on net worth
(in billion U.S. dollars)
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Forbes. (July 12, 2024). The world's leading billionaires as of July 2024, based on net worth (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 14, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/272047/top-25-global-billionaires/
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