Billionaires play a major role in shaping the world’s economy and politics. Many billionaires in the world are owners of tech giants. Here we are sharing with you the list of top 10 centibillionaires ( net worth of $100 billion or more) of the world, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. The Bloomberg Billionaires Index is a daily ranking of the world’s top 500 richest people. The index first published its list in March 2012 and the latest release includes a name of Indian businessman Gautam Adani who replaced fellow Indian Mukesh Ambani.
1. Elon Musk ($273 billion) 50-year-old Elon Musk is the world’s richest man and is a Co-founder and CEO of Tesla. His company has a net worth of $273 billion. His company Tesla produces electric automobiles, energy storage devices, automobile accessories, and solar power systems. Musk is also a CEO of Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX). Musk’s net worth has increased by 60% over the last year. Recently Musk also became the largest stakeholder of social media platform- Twitter. He owns a 9.2% stake in Twitter.
2. Jeff Bezos ($188 billion) Founder and executive chairman of Amazon, Jeff Bezos is the 2nd richest man in the world with a net worth of $188 billion. Bezos also owns Blue origin- an aerospace company and The Washington Post.
3. Bernard Arnault ($148 billion) Third wealthiest person in the world is a French businessman Bernard Arnault, with a net worth of $148 billion. He is the chairman and Chief Executive Officer of LVMH Moët Hennessy – Louis Vuitton SE, the world’s largest luxury goods company.
4. Bill Gates ($133 billion) Co-founder of Microsoft, the world's largest software company, Bill Gates is the fourth richest man in the world. According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index Bill has a net worth of $133 billion.
5. Warren Buffett ($127 billion) Among the 10 wealthiest persons in the world Warren Edward Buffett comes in 5th spot with a net worth of $127 billion. Warren is the CEO of textile company Berkshire Hathaway. He is widely known as the ‘Oracle of Omaha’ .
6. Larry Page ($125 billion) Lawrence Edward Page is the Co-Founder and Board member of Alphabet which is the parent company of search engine Google. His net worth is $125 billion.
7. Sergey Brin ($119 billion) Sergey Brin is also the Co-founder of Alphabet, parent company of Google. He along with Larry Co-founded Google in 1998. He is the 7th richest person in the world with a net worth of $119 billion.
8. Steve Ballmer ($108 billion) Steve Ballmer is an American businessman and is the owner of Los Angeles Clippers. Ballmer has also served as the CEO of Microsoft from 2000-2014. He has a net worth of $108 billion.
9. Larry Ellison ($103 billion) Lawrence Joseph Ellison is the ninth wealthiest person in the world. He is the Co-founder, Chairman, chief technology officer and former CEO of Oracle Corporation. He has a net worth of $103 billion.
10. Gautam Adani ($100 billion) Gautam Shantilal Adani has become the richest man of Asia and has made it to the list of centibillionaires with a net worth of $100 billion. Adani is the founder and Chairperson of Adani Group.
