The world's top ten wealthiest individuals now own $1.3 trillion in assets. The list described below shows who the richest people in the world are in the year 2022 and how much they have grown.
This amount of wealth represents around 1.4 percent of the global economy, Amazon's total market cap, or spending $1 million per day for 3,000 years. In fact, it's more than double what it was only two years ago ($663 billion).
We showcase a snapshot of the world's richest in 2022, based on data from the Forbes Real-Time Billionaires List, as billionaire wealth rises at a stunning rate.
Top 10 Richest People in the World
Elon Musk is the richest person on the globe, with a fortune of $212 billion.
In 2021, Tesla have delivered over one million automobiles worldwide. Despite a shortage of computer chips, Tesla deliveries increased by 87 percent year over year. Musk, who is also the CEO and chief engineer of SpaceX, wants to launch the world's largest rocket into space in 2...