Here is a List of the World's Wealthiest People

These are the 10 richest people in the world, according to Forbes magazine, despite the current economic crisis. The money keeps rolling into their bank accounts and their wealth seems to never stop increasing as the number of billionaires grows. Which of these 10 people do you think is richest?

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10) Francoise Bettencourt Meyers

As the only woman in the top 10, Francoise Bettencourt Meyers has a net worth of $89.4 billion, making her the world's richest woman - and she's the granddaughter of L'Oreal's founder, Eugène Schueller, the founder of the company, which was founded by his grandfather.

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9) Steve Ballmer

This is a former Harvard University classmate of Bill Gates, so it just goes to show you are a person by your company. Bill hired Steve in 1980 as a Microsoft employee, and he ultimately became Microsoft President in 1998, and in 2000, he assumed the role of President and CEO, replacing Gates in 2000. He then retried, but was unable to acquire the Los Angeles Clippers for more than $2 billion. In total, Ballmer has an estimated net worth of $90.8 billion as of today.

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8) Carlos Slim Helu

He has been closely involved with this business for the last 25 years, and he and his family have been controlling America Movil since 1981. America Movil is the largest mobile telephone company in Latin America, establishing operations in at least 15 countries. Carlos' net worth has grown to $93.4 billion in the past few years.

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7) Michael Bloomberg

With a current net worth of $94.5 billion, Bloomberg further proves the successful path to becoming successful is paved with many failures along the way. After being fired by investment bank Solomon Brothers in 1981, he went on to found the financial information and news company Bloomberg.

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6) Warren Buffet

As one of the world's most successful investors, the CEO of Berkshire Hathaway is a household name with a net worth of $106.8 billion and that makes him in the sixth spot on our list of the world's wealthiest investors.

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5) Bill Gates

A screenshot of our list illustrates that Bill Gates remains in the same place he used to be in. The creator of Microsoft, who has a fortune estimated to be worth $210.3 billion, doesn't seem to be slowing down. His fortune has kept growing despite the fact that he's donated $305 million to various charities over the years.

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4) Larry Ellison

The technology tycoon and Oracle founder has rebounded back to number four, with a net worth of $118.3 billion after falling down to number nine with $92.6 billion in 2022 following the tech boom, and he is worth around $125 billion as of 2018.

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3) Jeff Bezos

As far as fortunes go, it has fluctuated over the years. The Amazon founder was top of the list in 2018 to 2021, but he slipped down to third place in 2022, going from $145 billion in 2022 to $126.4 billion this year, dropping from his top position to third.

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2) Elon Musk

In December 2022, Musk set a new world record for the fastest net worth decline due to the loss of $182 billion in net worth, which was the largest net worth loss since 19th century. Last year, Musk was ranked top, but he now stands at number two with a worth of $202.4 billion.

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1) Bernard Arnault

At number one is the cream of the crop Bernard Arnault. In 2022, the businessman had a fortune of $138 billion. That's why it is no surprise that his fortune doubled from $138 billion in 2022 to $225.9 billion in 2023 due to the empire he built, which includes some of the most expensive fashion houses in the world.