Elon Musk Remains First in the Forbes Ranking
Forbes magazine has updated and published the list of the world's richest people. Zamin.uz reported on this.
According to this annual ranking, the famous entrepreneur Elon Musk has retained the first place as the world's richest person for the second consecutive year. This achievement is directly linked to his consistent successes in management and significant breakthroughs in new projects.
Musk, the founder of globally renowned companies such as Tesla and SpaceX, as well as the owner of the X social network, currently has a total wealth of $839 billion. The main reasons for such a significant increase in his financial status are the large-scale investments made into the xAI startup and SpaceX's new achievements in the space sector.
These initiatives have significantly increased his capital. Larry Page, one of the co-founders who created the Google search engine, takes second place in the ranking with a wealth of $257 billion.
In third place is Google's second founder, Sergey Brin, with assets of $237 billion. Fourth and fifth places are held by Jeff Bezos, the founder of the Amazon online store, with $224 billion, and Mark Zuckerberg, the owner of the Meta social network, with $222 billion, respectively.
It is reported that a total of 3,428 billionaires have been included in this year's list, which is 400 more than last year's figure. The people in this group collectively own wealth amounting to $20.1 trillion.
The total assets of the ten richest billionaires in the top ten are estimated at $2.6 trillion. Financial experts note that SpaceX plans to list its shares on the open market in the near future.
If this process is successfully implemented, Elon Musk's wealth is expected to increase further. Thus, he may become the first person in human history to possess assets worth $1 trillion.
