Every year,, the rich people of the world are increasing, and if we say that with each passing day, the rich people of the world are increasing because this is a modern age, here is how the world’s richest billionaires feast out across the world.
According to the Forbes Richest Billionaires are becoming omnipresent. The top 2,781 participants on the 2024 World’s Billionaires list hail from 78 countries or lands around the globe. Now American citizen Elon Musk is not the richest billionaire in the world. The richest billionaire title has now gone to France.
Now, France has the richest billionaire on the list, Bernard Arnault, who has taken his No. 1 position as his net worth increased to an assessed $233 billion as per the latest updates, thanks to a best year for his multinational LVMH, which keeps Louis Vuitton, Christian Dior, Sephora and scores of other luxury brands in the world.
But on the other side overall the United States has still the most billionaires, with a list of 813 members, and Elon Musk co-founded and leads Tesla, SpaceX, Neuralink is still on 2nd position in the world with an estimated $195 billion.
Richest Billionaires in 2024
Australia
Richest Person: Gina Rinehart
Age: 70 | Net Worth: $30.8 Billion | Rank: 56 | Source of Wealth: Mining
Austria
Richest Person: Mark Mateschitz
Age: 31 | Net Worth: $39.6 Billion | Rank: 31 | Source of Wealth: Red Bull
Brazil
Richest Person: Eduardo Saverin
Age: 42 | Net Worth: $28 Billion | Rank: 60 | Source of Wealth: Facebook
Canada
Richest Person: David Thomson & family
Age: 66 | Net Worth: $67.8 Billion | Rank: 22 | Source of Wealth: Media
Chile
Richest Person: Iris Fontbona & family
Age: 81 | Net Worth: $25.7 Billion | Rank: 75 | Source of Wealth: Mining
China
Richest Person: Zhong Shanshan
Age: 69 | Net Worth: $62.3 Billion | Rank: 24 | Source of Wealth: Beverages, pharmaceuticals
Cyprus
Richest Person: Vinod Adani
Age: 75 | Net Worth: $23 Billion | Rank: 88 | Source of Wealth: Infrastructure, commodities
France
Richest Person: Bernard Arnault & family
Age: 75 | Net Worth: $233 Billion | Rank: 1 | Source of Wealth: LVMH
Germany
Richest Person: Klaus Michael Kuehne
Age: 86 | Net Worth: $39.2 Billion | Rank: 32 | Source of Wealth: Shipping
Hong Kong
Richest Person: Li Ka-shing
Age: 95 | Net Worth: $37.3 Billion | Rank: 38 | Source of Wealth: Diversified
India
Richest Person: Mukesh Ambani
Age: 66 | Net Worth: $116 Billion | Rank: 9 | Source of Wealth: Diversified
Indonesia
Richest Person: Prajogo Pangestu
Age: 79 | Net Worth: $43.4 Billion | Rank: 27 | Source of Wealth: Petrochemicals, energy
Israel
Richest Person: Eyal Ofer
Age: 73 | Net Worth: $24 Billion | Rank: 84 | Source of Wealth: Real estate, shipping
Italy
Richest Person: Giovanni Ferrero
Age: 59 | Net Worth: $43.8 Billion | Rank: 26 | Source of Wealth: Nutella, chocolates
Japan
Richest Person: Tadashi Yanai & family
Age: 75 | Net Worth: $42.8 Billion | Rank: 29 | Source of Wealth: Fashion retail
Mexico
Richest Person: Carlos Slim Helu & family
Age: 84 | Net Worth: $102 Billion | Rank: 14 | Source of Wealth: Telecom
Russia
Richest Person: Vagit Alekperov
Age: 73 | Net Worth: $28.6 Billion | Rank: 59 | Source of Wealth: Oil
Spain
Richest Person: Amancio Ortega
Age: 88 | Net Worth: $103 Billion | Rank: 13 | Source of Wealth: Zara
Switzerland
Richest Person (tie): Gianluigi Aponte
Age: 83 | Net Worth: $33.1 Billion | Rank: 48 | Source of Wealth: Shipping
Richest Person (tie): Rafaela Aponte-Diamant
Age: 78 | Net Worth: $33.1 Billion | Rank: 48 | Source of Wealth: Shipping
United States
Richest Person: Elon Musk
Age: 52 | Net Worth: $195 Billion | Rank: 2 | Source of Wealth: Tesla, SpaceX
