FILE-Elon Musk attends TIME Person of the Year on December 13, 2021 in New York City. (Photo by Theo Wargo/Getty Images for TIME) WASHINGTON - A list featuring the top earners in the world has been released by Forbes.
Forbes comprised a list of more than 2,000 billionaires worldwide and found over 1,000 billionaires who added to their massive fortunes this year compared to 2021.
There are also over 200 first-time billionaires are on the extensive list, published Wednesday. Several notable women made this year’s list as newcomers, including Melinda French Gates of Microsoft with a net worth of $6.2 billion, Trudy Cathy White of Chick-fil-A with $4.6 billion, Grammy-winning singer Rhianna with $1.7 billion from her music and cosmetics and Jenny Just of Fintech (finance and investments) with $1.5 billion.According to Forbes, the United States still has the distinction of having the most billionaires worldwide at 735 and a collective net worth of $4.7 trillion.The financial global media company used stock prices and exchange rates from March 11 to determine the net worth of the wealthiest individuals.Forbes has several categories for this year’s list which includes the richest individuals, richest women and the newest billionaires.
Here is a list of the 10 richest people in the world. To see Forbes' complete list, click here. 1) Elon Musk-$219 billion, Tesla, Space X United States2) Jeff Bezos-$171 billion, Amazon, United States3) Bernard Arnault & family-$158 billion, France4) Bill Gates-$129 billion, Microsoft, United States5) Warren Buffett-$118 billion, Berkshire Hathaway, United States6) Larry Page-$111 billion, Google, United States7) Sergey Brin-$107 billion, Google, United States8) Larry Ellison-$106 billion,.