We saw some great events happening in 2022 that favored some and backfired for some. The Richie Rich Aka Billionaires of 2022 with many turns of events presents us with a slightly unpredictable list.
The soars and plummets are the strongest suits of a business. The 2022 year ranking for the richest man in the world was an exciting list to look forward to. With Gautam Adani coming on Third Rank of the top 10 richest personalities of 2022 as well as the slip in the ranking for Elon Musk to second from Rank 1, took some bustling number of headlines and great hard work and decision making behind the scenes that the public will be oblivious of.
Let’s wrap our heads around the top 10 Billionaires or the richest personalities in the world today or maybe by the end of 2022. The list is represented in a chronological way to avoid any confusion!
Top 10 richest men of 2022
Bernard Arnault & family
Bernard Arnault, Chairman, And CEO, of LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, is the richest man in the world today with a whooping Net Worth of $185.1B, which is augmenting as you read.
The powerful wealth history of this family business and pensive merger and acquisition, which includes a recent and biggest luxury brand acquirement ever of American jeweler Tiffany & Co for $15.8 billion by LVMH, has made Bernard Arnault believably the richest man on the planet today and of course, it also takes great business acumen to get here.
The CEO of the LVMH empire has over 70 fashion and cosmetics brands, such as Louis Vuitton and Sephora, under its wings.
Elon Musk
Only some months ago, the CEO only of Tesla, is now successfully owning Twitter, a social media company and also got the shocker that Elon musk is no longer the richest man in the world. Elon Musk, a great mind and unique implementer of his idea is the second richest man of the world with a Net Worth of $146.5B.
Besides owning electric car maker Tesla, Elon Musk has co-founded 5 other companies, that include rocket producer SpaceX and tunneling startup Boring Company. Moreover, Elon Musk was constantly in the news with his controversial and dramatic takeover of Twitter.
Gautam Adani
With a Net Worth of $126.5B in 2022 Gautam Adani ranked at 3 in the Richest man of the world list. The chairman of Adani Group with a revenue of $21 billion from different verticals of the business, including ports, green energy, edible oils, cement, real estate, etc. has gained widespread popularity in 2022.
And recently received a catastrophic success by acquiring Swiss firm Holcim’s Indian assets for $10.5 billion that made the company India’s second-largest cement producer.
Moreover, Gautam Adani has recently claimed too soon to be investing over $70 billion in renewable energy projects with the vision to become the world’s largest producer of green energy.
Warren Buffett
The CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, Warren Buffett was ranked at 4th position in the prestigious list of richest personalities of the world with the Staring Net Worth of $108.4B. Warren Buffett, counted among the most successful and intelligent investors is also known as the “Oracle of Omaha,”.
The company owns and administers business across insurance, energy generation, and distribution, rail transportation, manufacturing, and retailing. Precisely Berkshire Hathaway owns numerous companies, including battery maker Duracell, Restaurant chain Dairy Queen, and insurer Geico.
Jeff Bezos
Talking about massive recognition in the Covid-19 times and post-Covid-19 era, Amazon was the anchor to all the essential and leisure needs. Jeff Bezos, Chairman, And Founder, Amazon with a soaring Net worth of $108.5B is ruling the e-commerce industry (not exaggerating) and the fifth richest man in the world.
Currently, owning less than 10% of the company. In 2022, Jeff Bezos donated more than $400 million worth of stock to nonprofit organizations. Besides this, the founder of Amazon also owns The Washington Post and an aerospace company developing rockets named Blue Origin and in July 2021 he flew into space.
Bill Gates
Bill Gates, the Co chair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation standing strong and powerful at Rank 6 of list with ever adding Net Worth of $102.8B. Innovative man dominating and pioneering some aspects in the technology industry has transformed his success to manifold by constantly securing numerous holdings, including zero-carbon energy.
In 2020, Gates stepped down from the Microsoft board with 1.3% of the company’s shares. Moreover, all this time he has also made some great investments, such as Republic Services and Deere & Co., and is among the largest owners of farmland in the U.S.
Larry Ellison
With a Net worth of $102.8B, Larry Ellison CTO And Founder, Oracle is standing at No.7th in the list of 10 richest men in the world. The chairman, chief technology officer and cofounder of software giant Oracle owns about 35% of the company.
Moreover, Larry Ellison was a board member of Tesla till August 2022 from December 2018 and currently owns 15 million worth shares in the electric carmaker company.
Mukesh Ambani
Mukesh Ambani Founder And Chairman, Reliance Industries with diverse interests in petrochemicals, oil and gas, telecom and retail sectors is standing at Rank 8 in the list with a Net worth of $90B.
The pivotal and crucial step by the company while launching 4G phone and broadband service Jio in 2016 and now are among the few telecom service providers for introducing 5G network across the nation is attracting a huge market share.
Additionally, it is further tipped that Ambani wants Reliance to turn into green energy and the company will be investing $80 billion to execute the same idea.
Carlos Slim Helu & family
Carlos Slim Helu & family, Honorary Chairman, América Móvil is the 9th richest personality in the world right now and holds a Net Worth of $81.7B. Carlos Slim Helu had holdings in Telmex, Mexico’s only phone company, in 1990.
Besides this, the company also holds a stake in Mexican mining and real estate, construction, and consumer goods companies. In line with this, the company also has 17% of the shares of The New York Times.
Steve Ballmer
Steve Ballmer, owner, Los Angeles Clippers and the former CEO of Microsoft from 2000 to 2014 comes at rank 10th of the list of the richest men in the world. Currently, Steve Ballmer has a net worth of $78.4B.
For $2 billion, Steve Ballmer bought the NBA’s Los Angeles Clippers in 2014. The billionaire has heavily invested in philanthropy and also invested in Social Solutions.
Conclusion
The aforementioned are some of the dreamers and implementers who are ranked as the richest man in the world in 2022. The hard work and efforts are appreciated and seen by all. With the new year rolling stay tuned for the list of richest men in the world in 2023.