how much the richest people in the world earned in 2021 ?
The pandemic has not stopped the ten richest people in the world from increasing their incomes - according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, they earned a total of $385 billion in 2021, and their combined wealth, as of December 31, amounted to $ 1.29 trillion.
Topping the list of the most successful billionaires in 2021 is the 50-year-old CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, Elon Musk, who made $114 billion and his wealth rose to $270 billion. It surpassed the $300 billion level during the year, and in October Forbes magazine named Ilon musk the richest person who has ever lived on Earth.
The second richest billionaire is former Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, 57 years old, and Bernard Arnault, 72 years old CEO of the LVMH conglomerate, rounds out the top three.
Top 10 richest billionaires in the world by the end of 2021
- Ilon Musk - $270 billion in wealth, $114 billion in profits.
- Jeff Bezos - $192 billion in wealth, $2.04 billion in profits.
- Bernard Arnault - $178 billion in wealth, $63.6 billion in profits.
- Bill Gates - $138 billion in wealth, $6.39 billion in profits.
- Larry Page - $128 billion in wealth, $46 billion in profits.
- Mark Zuckerberg - $125 billion in wealth, $22 billion in profits.
- Sergey Brin - $124 billion dollar in wealth, $43.7 billion profit.
- Steve Ballmer - $120 billion in wealth, $39.3 billion in profits.
- Warren Buffett - $109 billion in wealth, $21.3 billion in profits.
- Larry Ellison - $107 billion in wealth, $27.5 billion in profits.
