Deze 15 miljardairs hebben elk meer dan $100 miljard

De 15 leden van de $100 miljard-club

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  1. Elon Musk

  Net worth: $241 billion

  YTD change in wealth: +$11.5 billion

  Source of wealth: Tesla and SpaceX stock

  Elon Musk is the CEO of the electric-vehicle maker Tesla and the spacecraft manufacturer SpaceX. He's also the owner of X, the social network formerly known as Twitter.

  His other businesses include The Boring Company, Neuralink, and xAI.

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  2. Jeff Bezos

  Net worth: $212 billion

  YTD change in wealth: +$35 billion

  Source of wealth: Amazon stock

  Jeff Bezos is the founder, executive chairman, and former CEO of Amazon, the e-commerce and cloud-computing giant.

  He also founded the space company Blue Origin and owns The Washington Post.

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  3. Mark Zuckerberg

  Net worth: $204 billion

  YTD change in wealth: +$75.6 billion

  Source of wealth: Meta stock

  Mark Zuckerberg is the cofounder, chairman, and CEO of Meta Platforms, the social-media titan behind Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Threads.

  Meta's Reality Labs division makes virtual-reality and augmented-reality headsets and experiences.

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  4. Larry Ellison

  Net worth: $184 billion

  YTD change in wealth: +$61.2 billion

  Source of wealth: Oracle and Tesla stock

  Larry Ellison is the cofounder, chief technology officer, and former CEO of Oracle, an enterprise software company specializing in cloud computing and database platforms.

  He invested in Tesla prior to joining the automaker's board in 2018 and made more than 10 times his money on paper by the time his term as a director ended in August 2022.

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  5. Bernard Arnault

  Net worth: $177 billion

  YTD change in wealth: -$30.6 billion

  Source of wealth: LVMH stock

  Bernard Arnault is the founder, chairman, and CEO of LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton. His conglomerate owns a bevy of luxury brands, including Dior, Fendi, Dom Pérignon, Sephora, and Tiffany & Co.

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  6. Bill Gates

  Net worth: $162 billion

  YTD change in wealth: +$20.9 billion

  Source of wealth: Microsoft stock

  Bill Gates is the cofounder and former CEO of Microsoft, which makes the Office application suite, the cloud-computing platform Microsoft Azure, and Xbox consoles.

  He's renowned for his philanthropic work at the helm of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, one of the world's largest charitable entities.

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  7. Larry Page

  Net worth: $149 billion

  YTD change in wealth: +$22.5 billion

  Source of wealth: Alphabet stock

  Larry Page cofounded Google with his Stanford University classmate Sergey Brin in a friend's garage in 1998 and served as CEO until 2001.

  He took the reins again between 2011 and 2015 after Google was restructured as a subsidiary of Alphabet alongside other businesses such as YouTube and Waymo.

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  8. Warren Buffett

  Net worth: $147 billion

  YTD change in wealth: +$27 billion

  Source of wealth: Berkshire Hathaway stock

  Warren Buffett acquired Berkshire Hathaway when it was a failing textile mill in 1965 and has since grown it into one of the world's largest companies. His nearly 15% stake is worth around $145 billion.

  The famed investor's conglomerate owns scores of businesses, including GEICO, See's Candies, and BNSF Railway, and holds multibillion-dollar stakes in public companies such as Apple and Coca-Cola.

  Buffett has gifted around half of his Berkshire shares to the Gates Foundation and four family foundations since 2006. All else being equal, if he'd retained all his stock he would be the world's wealthiest person with a net worth over $300 billion.

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  9. Steve Ballmer

  Net worth: $146 billion

  YTD change in wealth: +$14.7 billion

  Source of wealth: Microsoft stock

  Steve Ballmer served as Microsoft's CEO between 2000 and 2014. He joined the company in 1980 as Bill Gates' assistant, initially negotiating a profit share which he later swapped for an equity stake when it became excessively large.

  Ballmer retired as CEO in 2014 with a 4% stake — a position now worth more than $120 billion. He promptly bought the Los Angeles Clippers for $2 billion and remains the basketball team's owner.

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  10. Sergey Brin

  Net worth: $140 billion

  YTD change in wealth: +$20.4 billion

  Source of wealth: Alphabet stock

  Sergey Brin cofounded Google with Page in 1998 and served as the search-and-advertising titan's first president.

  He and Page stepped down from their respective roles as Alphabet's president and CEO in 2019.

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  11. Jensen Huang

  Net worth: $125 billion

  YTD change in wealth: +$81.5 billion

  Source of wealth: Nvidia stock

  Jensen Huang cofounded Nvidia in 1993, but the microchip maker has become a market darling within the past two years as its semiconductors have proven pivotal to developing artificial intelligence.

  Nvidia's stock price has skyrocketed from under $15 at the end of 2022 to over $140, valuing the business at about $3.5 trillion and making Huang one of the richest people in the world.

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  12. Michael Dell

  Net worth: $116 billion

  YTD change in wealth: +$37.5 billion

  Source of wealth: Dell stock

  Michael Dell is the founder, chairman, and CEO of the eponymous computer maker. Dell stock has ballooned from below $40 in March last year to north of $120, valuing the company at around $90 billion, as investors wager it will be a key beneficiary from the AI boom.

  Dell owns about 46% of his company, and pocketed well over $10 billion from the sale of Dell-backed VMware to Broadcom last year.

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  13. Amancio Ortega

  Net worth: $115 billion

  YTD change in wealth: +$28 billion

  Source of wealth: Inditex stock

  Amancio Ortega is the founder and former chairman of Inditex, a fashion retail group home to brands such as Zara, Bershka, and Massimo Dutti.

  The billionaire philanthropist and real-estate investor stopped running Inditex in 2011. His daughter Marta Ortega Pérez was appointed chair at the end of 2021.

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  14. Mukesh Ambani

  Net worth: $104 billion

  YTD change in wealth: +$7.25 billion

  Source of wealth: Reliance Industries stock

  Mukesh Ambani is the chairman and managing director of Reliance Industries and Asia's richest person.

  His father, Dhirubhai Ambani, founded Reliance and trusted Mukesh to grow the conglomerate's petrochemicals business and expand into new areas such as telecommunications.

  Mukesh threw a star-studded, multi-event wedding ceremony for his son Anant Ambani this summer.

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  15. Jim Walton

  Net worth: $104 billion

  YTD change in wealth: +$31 billion

  Source of wealth: Walmart stock

  Jim Walton is the youngest son of Walmart founder Sam Walton, who gave each of his four children a 20% stake in the budding retail business over 70 years ago. Jim and his two surviving siblings, Rob and Alice, each still own over 11% of the company.

  Jim's net worth crossed $100 billion in September thanks to the retailer's stock soaring 54% this year.

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  16. Rob Walton

  Net worth: $101 billion

  YTD change in wealth: +$30.1 billion

  Source of wealth: Walmart stock

  Rob Walton, Sam Walton's eldest, sat on Walmart's board for more than 40 years before retiring this June.

  His net worth passed $100 billion for the first time in September, making him the second Walton to join the club after his younger brother, Jim.

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  17. Alice Walton

  Net worth: $101 billion

  YTD change in wealth: +$30.6 billion

  Source of wealth: Walmart stock

  Alice Walton is Sam Walton's only daughter, and the world's richest woman after overtaking L'Oréal heiress Françoise Bettencourt Meyers earlier this year.

  She joined her brothers, Jim and Rob, in the $100 billion club in September.

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