Forbes' list of the richest people of 2025

According to Forbes 2025 annual Billionaire's List, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk now reigns king of the richest people on earth, towering over the second wealthiest person on the planet by $126 billion.

With a net worth of $342 billion, the South African-born Canadian-American business magnate has ownership stakes in social media platform X, and has also served key roles with PayPal and Neuralink.
The American business magazine said it calculated its numbers using March 7 stock prices and exchange rates.

The top 25 richest people ranged in age from 40 to 94. Among them: entrepreneurs, tech founders, cosmetic gurus, investors and heirs.

Two are from France, one is from Spain, one is from Mexico, one is from India, one is from Singapore and one is from the United Arab Emirates. The remaining 18 billionaires in the top 25 live in the United States.

Here are the world's 25 richest people and their net worth, as reported by Forbes-

Elon Musk, 53: $342 billion - Tesla - United States
Mark Zuckerberg, 40: $216 billion - Meta - United States
Jeff Bezos, 61: $215 billion - Amazon - United States
Lawrence Ellison, 80: $192 billion - Oracle - United States
Bernard Arnault, 76: $178 billion - LVMH - France
Warren Buffett, 94: $154 billion - Berkshire Hathaway - United States
Lawrence Page, 52: $144 billion - Alphabet - United States
Sergey Brin, 51: $138 billion - Alphabet - United States
Amancio Ortega, 89: $124 billion - Zara - Spain
Steven Ballmer, 69: $118 billion - Microsoft - United States
Samuel Robson Walton, 80: $110- Walmart - United States
Jim Walton, 76: $109 billion - Walmart - United States
Bill Gates, 69: $108 billion - Microsoft - United States
Michael Bloomberg, 83: $105 billion - Bloomberg - United States
Alice Walton, 75: $101 billion - Walmart - United States
Jensen Huang, 62: $98.7 billion - Nvidia - United States
Michael Dell, 60: $97.7 billion - Dell Technologies - United States
Mukesh Ambani, 67: $92.5 billion - Reliance Industries - India
Carlos Slim Helu, 85: $82.5 billion - Telecom - Mexico
Francoise Bettencourt Meyers, 71: $81.6 billion - L'Oreal - France
Julia Koch, 62: $74.2 billion - Koch - United States
Charles Koch, 89: $67.5 billion - Koch - United States
Zhang Yiming, 41: $65.5 billion - TikTok - Singapore
Changpeng Zhao, 48: $62.9 billion - Cryptocurrency exchange - United Arab Emirates
Jeff Yass, 66: $59 billion - Trading and investments - United States