Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk continues to dominate the index, becoming the first individual to surpass $400 billion in net worth. As of December 14, 2024, Musk’s fortune is valued at $442 billion, cementing his position as the world’s wealthiest person.
According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, Taylor Swift is one of the few entertainers to reach the status based only on her music and performance.
LVMH’s soaring sales show that demand for highly priced goods remains unabated even as a global economic slowdown looms.
It was less than two years ago when Zuckerberg, 38, was worth $106 billion and among an elite group of global billionaires, with only Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates commanding bigger fortunes.
"Market value is now not a multiple of current earnings but a multiple of audacity, ambition and courage," Anand Mahindra said, while sharing a news report which showed Musk's net worth being equal to the combined wealth of billionaires Bill Gates and Warren Buffet.
RK Damani has been placed at the 98th spot in the list compiled by Bloomberg Billionaires Index. In the past year, he was placed at the 117th spot.
In the global billionaires' list of Bloomberg, India's Mukesh Ambani and Gautam Adani are placed on the 13th and 14th position, respectively.
India’s richest person has surged past some of the biggest tycoons in recent weeks including the Silicon Valley titans such as Elon Musk, Alphabet Inc. co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page, as well as Warren Buffett.
Asia’s richest man and Indian business magnate Mukesh Ambani is among the world’s top-10 billionaires. (Disclaimer: Reliance Industries Ltd. is the sole beneficiary of Independent Media Trust which controls Network18 Media & Investments Ltd which publishes Moneycontrol.)
Fashion empire Louis Vuitton head Bernard Arnault had the largest individual gain of $39 billion, which catapulted him to the second spot
The Reliance Industries CMD is the richest Indian on the Bloomberg Billionaires top 100 Index, released on April 2, 2018.
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has added $21.8 billion to his fortunes this year and takes the top spot, while Microsoft founder Bill Gates was ranked 2nd as his wealth declined by $1.36 billion year-to-date.
Indian business magnate Mukesh Ambani is the 18th richest person in the world with a personal wealth of USD 24.7 billion in 2012, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, a daily ranking of the world's 100 wealthiest individuals.