ISLAMABAD (The Thursday Times) — Elon Musk remains the world’s richest person by a wide margin, with his fortune standing at $908.2 billion, according to Forbes’ Real-Time Billionaires list. His nearest rival, Google co-founder Larry Page, trails by more than $630 billion.
| Rank | Name | Net Worth | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Elon Musk | $908.2B | Tesla, SpaceX |
| 2 | Larry Page | $277.9B | |
| 3 | Jeff Bezos | $266.5B | Amazon |
| 4 | Michael Dell | $263.1B | Dell Technologies |
| 5 | Sergey Brin | $255.7B | |
| 6 | Mark Zuckerberg | $212B | Meta |
| 7 | Larry Ellison | $202.4B | Oracle |
| 8 | Jensen Huang | $199.4B | Nvidia |
| 9 | Steve Ballmer | $156.1B | Former Microsoft CEO |
| 10 | Amancio Ortega | $146.9B | Inditex (Zara) |
Musk became the first person in history to reach a trillion-dollar fortune in June, after his rocket company SpaceX went public on the Nasdaq and closed its first trading day with a market capitalisation of nearly $2.2 trillion. His personal wealth has fluctuated sharply since, falling below $700 billion in July before recovering through August and into September as SpaceX and Tesla shares rebounded.
Michael Dell has climbed into fourth place, ahead of Google co-founder Sergey Brin, reflecting a strong run for Dell Technologies shares. Two familiar names sit just outside the top 10: Berkshire Hathaway’s Warren Buffett at $143.8 billion and LVMH’s Bernard Arnault at $134.4 billion, both only a few billion dollars behind Ortega’s $146.9 billion in tenth place. Ortega, the founder of Zara owner Inditex, remains the only non-American in the top 10.
Sources: This article is based on Forbes’ Real-Time Billionaires list.∎
