Top 10 Richest Men In The World 2021

Top 10 Richest Men In The World

This is the list of top 10 billionaires in the world 2021

Here is the list of the Top 10 billionaires in the world in 2021 based on their real-time net worth. In the last 4-8 years, Billionaires have made more money than we thought. Today we are going to present the top 10 richest men in the world in 2021 and their real-time net worth, as of August 2021.

In this list, Elon Musk has surpassed Bill gates, Bernard Arnault, and made out to 2nd position. As we know that he was not in the top 10 in the last few years. The number of billionaires in the world has been increasing day by day.

Recently in August 2021, Bernard Arnault chairman and chief executive of LVMH (Moët Hennessy – Louis Vuitton) takes the crown among these billionaires with a net worth of $177 billion, followed by Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk with a net worth of $193.3 and $182.1 billion respectively. The total net worth of the top 10 billionaires was nearly $1 trillion.

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1. Bernard Arnault and family

Net Worth(USD):- US$197.5 billion (August 2021)

Date of Birth:- 5 March 1949 (age 71)

Nationality:- France

Source of Wealth:- LVMH and Sephora

Bernard Arnault is one of the wealthiest men in France country. He is the chairman and chief executive of LVMH (Moët Hennessy – Louis Vuitton). LVMH is the world’s largest luxury goods company. In 2019, LVMH spent $3.2 billion for Belmond, a luxury hospitality group, which owns 46 hotels, trains, and cruises. Four children of Arnault: Frédéric, Delphine, Antoine, and Alexandre work in the corners of the LVMH empire.

Arnault became the richest person in fashion in April 2018. Arnault surpassed Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos to become the richest man in the world. Now he is the richest person in the world. Arnault owns an empire of 70 brands including Louis Vuitton and Sephora.

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2. Jeff Bezos

Net Worth(USD):- US$193.3 billion (August 2021)

Date of Birth:- January 12, 1964 (age 56)

Nationality:- United States

Source of Wealth:- Amazon

Jeffrey Preston Bezos is an internet entrepreneur and investor. Bezos is known as the founder, CEO of the Amazon E-commerce company. He has been the world’s wealthiest person since 2017 and was named the “richest man in the world” after his net worth increased to $150 billion in July 2018. As of August 2021, he is 2nd richest man in the World.

Amazon hired 175,000 additional workers between March and April 2020 in the situation of a pandemic. After 25 years of marriage, he divorced his wife MacKenzie and transferred a quarter of his Amazon stake to her in 2019. Bezos gave $100 million to Feed America, a nonprofit organization that operates food banks and food pantries across the country in April 2020.

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3. Elon Musk

Net Worth(USD):- US$182.1 billion (August 2021)

Date of Birth:- June 28, 1971 (age 50)

Nationality: American, South African, and Canadian.

Source of Wealth:- SpaceX

Elon Reeve Musk is a famous business magnate and entrepreneur. He is the Ceo, Chief Engineer, and founder of a well-known company SpaceX. Also, Elon Musk is CEO, Product Architect, and early-stage investor at a renowned company Tesla, Inc. He has numerous jobs to do, as he is also head and founder of The Boring Company, and co-founder of OpenAI and Neuralink. As of August 2021, Elon Musk is the third richest person in the World after Jeff Bezos in our research list of Top 10 Richest Men In The World.

Elon Musk founded SpaceX in 2002. SpaceX is an aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company. After which, he joined Tesla Motors in 2004 (Now known as Tesla. Inc). In 2006, he helped a solar energy services company SolarCity, which he acquired and became Tesla Energy. In 2015, he co-founded a tunnel construction company OpenAI. In 2016, he co-founded a Neurotechnology company known as Nueralink.

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4. Bill Gates

Net Worth(USD):- US$132.1 billion (August 2021)

Date of Birth:- October 28, 1955 (age 64)

Nationality:- United States

Source of Wealth:- Microsoft

William Henry Gates is a businessman, software developer, and investor. He is known as the co-founder of Microsoft Company. Bill Gates chairs the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, with his wife Melinda, which is the world’s most famous private charitable foundation. The Gates Foundation donated $300 million to fight the COVID-19 pandemic for treatment of patients, and for making vaccines in May 2020.

Gates held the positions of chairman, chief executive officer (CEO), president, and chief software architect, until May 2014 while also being the largest individual shareholder, during his career at Microsoft. Gates has donated $35.8 billion worth of Microsoft stock to the Gates Foundation, to date.

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5. Mark Zuckerberg

Net Worth(USD):- US$130.8 billion (August 2021)

Date of Birth:- May 14, 1984 (age 36)

Nationality:- United States

Source of Wealth:- Facebook

Mark Zuckerberg is an internet entrepreneur, and philanthropist. He is chairman, chief executive officer, controlling shareholder, and importantly, he is co-founder of Facebook, Inc. Facebook is one of the biggest social media platforms which is owned by Zuckerberg, which has become the biggest go-to communications tool worldwide.

He started Facebook at Harvard at the age of 19 with his friends for the purpose to match names with photos of classmates in 2004. Zuckerberg took Facebook public in May 2012 and still owns about 15% of its stock. Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, pledged to give away 99% of their Facebook stake in December 2015.

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6. Larry Page

Net Worth(USD):- US$116.4 billion (August 2021)

Date of Birth:- March 26, 1973 (age 48)

Nationality:- American

Source of Wealth:- Google

Lawrence Edward Page is an American Computer Scientist, internet entrepreneur, and business magnate. He is famous and well known as one of the Co-founders of Google, along with Sergey Brin. From 1997, Larry was CEO of Google until August 2001. From April 2011 until July 2015, he became CEO OF American National Conglomerate Alphabet. Inc.

Larry Page has a net worth of Approximately US$91.5 BILLION making him the 8th richest person in the World according to our research. Larry Page is co-creator and namesake of Goggle’s search ranking algorithm PageRank.

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7. Larry Ellison

Net Worth(USD):- US$116.3 billion (August 2021)

Date of Birth:- August 17, 1944 (age 75)

Nationality:- United States

Source of Wealth:- Oracle Corporation

Larry Ellison is an investor, philanthropist, and businessman who is a co-founder and chief technology officer (CTO) of Oracle Corporation. He is the fourth wealthiest person in the United States and the 7th-wealthiest person in the world, with a fortune of $116.3 billion.

Ellison donated $200 million to the University of Southern California for a cancer treatment center in May 2016. In 2012, Ellison purchased Hawaii island Lanai by spending $300 million, so far, he has built a hydroponic farm and a luxury spa there. Ellison purchased 3 million Tesla shares in December 2018 and joined Tesla’s board in the same year.

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8. Sergey Brin

Net Worth(USD):- US$112.6 billion (August 2021)

Date of Birth:- August 21, 1973 (age 47)

Nationality:- American

Source of Wealth:- Google

Sergey Mikhaylovich Brin is an American internet entrepreneur and business magnate. He is famous and well known as one of the Co-founders of Google, along with Larry Page. Until December 2019, Sergey was the President of Goggle’s Parent Company American National Conglomerate Alphabet. Inc. Sergy Brin and Larry Page are both co-founders, controlling shareholders, board members, and employees at Alphabet. Inc.

According to our Research, Sergey Brin has a total net worth of Aproxx US$112.6 billion, making him the 8th richest person in the World. He met Larry Page after acquiring a Ph.D. in computer science, after which they suspended their Ph.D. studies to start up Google.

9. Warren Buffet

Net Worth(USD):- US$103.7 billion (August 2021)

Date of Birth:- August 30, 1930 (age 89)

Nationality:- United States

Source of Wealth:- Berkshire Hathaway

Warren Buffett is an investor and businessman of America. He is the chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway. Warren Buffet is considered one of the most successful investors in the world as of July 2020 that’s why he is the 9th wealthiest person in the world.

Warren Buffett is one of the most successful investors of all time, so he is known as the “Oracle of Omaha,”. Berkshire Hathaway owns battery maker Duracell and restaurant chain Dairy Queen and is the owner of 60 companies in total. Warren Buffet donated $3.6 billion, to the foundation of friends Bill and Melinda Gates in 2019.

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10. Mukesh Ambani

Net Worth(USD):- US$84.5 billion (June 2020)

Date of Birth:- 19 April 1957 (age 63)

Nationality:- Indian

Source of Wealth:- Reliance Industries

Mukesh Ambani is an Indian billionaire. He is the co-founder, managing director, and owner of Reliance Industries Limited. Reliance Industry is India’s most valuable company by market value. Ambani is one of the richest men in Asia with a net worth of $84.5 billion and he is the 10th wealthiest man in the World. Ambani started to help his father Dhirubhai Ambani run their family business, Reliance Industries Limited in 1981.

Reliance Ltd is the largest retailer in oil, and gas in India. Reliance’s Jio is at the top-fifth spot in the country’s telecommunication services since its public launch on 5 September 2016. The latest news of July 16, 2020, is about reliance that Google will invest Rs 33,737 crore to buy a 7.7 percent stake in Reliance Industries’ technology venture, Jio Platforms.

These are the top 10 richest men in the world 2021.

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