Billionaires List 2024: World’s richest billionaire Elon Musk has been showered with a lot of dollars in the last two-three days. Due to this rain, Musk, who was the top loser in this year’s earnings, has now joined the list of top gainers. His wealth has increased by almost 24 billion dollars in two days. Still at the top in terms of earnings for the year 2024. His net worth rose by $63.7 billion to $108 billion this year.
Shares of Elon Musk’s company Tesla have jumped more than 24 percent in the last 5 days. It also affected Musk’s wealth. Due to this, Musk earned 15.3 billion dollars in a single day on Tuesday. Musk now tops the Bloomberg Billionaires Index with a net worth of $241 billion. At number two is former Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos. His total wealth is 222 billion dollars.
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Top 10 Highest Earning Billionaires This Year
1. Jensen Huang 63.7
2. Mark Zuckerberg 53
3. Jeff Bezos 44.7
4. Michael Dale 38.7
5. Larry Page 37.5
6. Sergey Brin 34.3
Larry Ellison 34.1
7. Steve Ballmer 27.2
8. Mukesh Ambani 22.1
9. Gautam Adani 20.01
10. Rodolphe Said and Family 18.7
Figures in billions of dollars, Source: Bloomberg
Jensen Huang defeats Adani
Gautam Adani, the second richest man in Asia, has been overtaken by Jensen Huang in the list of the world’s richest people. Huang now ranks 13th with a net worth of $108 billion. Adani is at the 14th position with $104 billion. Mukesh Ambani is at the 11th position with a net worth of $118 billion.
Savitri Jindal behind Elon Musk
Elon Musk is at the 17th position in terms of earnings. Behind him is India’s Savitri Jindal. Jindal is ranked 44th in the list of world’s billionaires. His fortune rose by $11.4 billion to $36.1 billion this year. Musk added $12.4 billion to his net worth this year.