Today we will discuss the top five businessmen in the world based on their net worth and more.
1 Elon musk
Elon musk is among the richest people in the world. He was born in Pretoria, South Africa. He created his first software program just at the age of 12 and after that he sold the program at a cost of 500 billion dollars. He co-founder many apps including paypal, tesla , spaceX and Zip2. Elon Musk co-founded Tesla in 1995. It’s an online software company where news agencies can post their content. Musk received 22 million dollars in 1999 because of his 7% share.
Elon Musk became the CEO of Tesla in 2008. Tesla reached many milestones under his leadership. Tesla is the leading electrical vehicle manufacturer company with new models like model 3 and Y. Paypal is an online payment app from which you can send and receive money from many countries. Elon Musk co-founded this app in 1999. He is earning 175 million dollars for his 11% share.
Personal life
He donated money for many social works including projects of renewable energy and also to a children’s hospital. For the development of a new school for children in Austin he donated 10 million dollars. He also donated money to politicians including the republican party.
Net worth. The net worth of melon musk is 393.8 billion USD.
2 Mark Zukerberg
He is an American businessman known for co-founding many platforms and leading apps like Facebook. In 2004 he worked on a project called Facebook which was launched in the same year he started working. He became the world’s youngest billionaire at 23. From 2012 Facebook gained much popularity and almost 500 million people started using the app. Facebook acquired both WhatsApp and Instagram to increase users.
Controversies and personal life.
Mark Zuckerberg is involved in many controversies including data leaking from Facebook and also faced legal battle from Harvard University because the University claimed he stole ideas from them. Mark Zuckerberg was born in New York. He was a student of Harvard University but later he took a dropout from uni to focus on Facebook creation.
Net worth. The net worth of Mark Zuckerberg is 240.8 Billion USD Dollars.
3 Bernard Arnault
Bernard Arnault is among the top ten richest persons list. He is the owner of Louis Vuitton, a brand famous for its luxury bags and more. In 1987 he merged Moet Hennessy with louis vuitton. He opened the tower of this brand in New York in 1999.
Through successful business plans and investment the louis vuitton recognised globally and became the top brand. He got the award of Grand cross of the legion of honor in 2023. Bulgari is a luxury fashion house known for jewellery items. It’s an Italian brand Founded by ottoman epirus but later it is owned by LVMH in 2011.
Personal life and net worth.
He funded many medical research programmes and donated a significant amount in art galleries to promote art and talent. His net worth is 142.8 billion USD Dollars according to the BBI known as Bloomberg billionaires index. After completing graduation he joined his father’s business but his focus was always on real estate so he convinced his dad for it and later confounded many brands.
4 jeff bezos
Jeff Bezos is a well known American businessman known for his business strategies and plans. He is known for founding Amazon which is the largest e-commerce brand where people buy and sell products online. The company was initially a book store platform but later many products were introduced. He also founded blue origin in 2000.
The aim behind this was to make space travel more safe and affordable. He also purchased the Washington Post which is a leading newspaper platform. Under his leadership many changes were made including introducing new formats and layouts for writing and also made significant efforts to increase online readers.
Personal life and net worth
He graduated in the field of electrical engineering from where he worked in many companies including Fitel and banker’s trust. He was born in Albuquerque in 1964. He funded many programs including climate change and also for education and lab research. His net worth is 228.1 billion USD Dollars and this is estimated net worth.
5 Lary Ellison
Larry Ellison is an American businessman known for his business policies and investments. He is well known for co-founding Oracle corporation. He received a global plate award in 1997.
He is also named among one of the hundred most influential people in 2024 time magazine. He owns many aircraft including military jets. Lanai is an island in Hawaii which Ellison purchased for almost 500 million dollars.
Net worth and personal life
The net worth of lary Ellison is estimated around 213.3 billion USD Dollars. He studied at universities of Chicago in subjects of physics and mathematics. He donated in many social works including research in cancer by university of California. He owns 1.4% of Tesla company shares and he owns 42.9% shares of oracle corporation. He also funded sensei Ag to use AI and advance technologies in their farming.
