Top 5 richest billionaire people in the world 2021

When it comes to the richest billionaire the US and China usually win the race. It is true for this list too.

Here I am going to share the top 5 richest billionaires in the world. All the people are men and no woman is in the top 5 richest people in the world in 2021.

As per Forbes report, there are 2,755 billionaires in the world as of July 2021 

Let's explore the list below.

List of the top 5 richest billionaires ( Men ) in the world in 2021.

1. Jeff Bezos
2. Elon Musk
3. Bernard Arnault & family
4. Bill Gates
5. Mark Zuckerberg

1. Jeff Bezos

Jeff Bezos is the founder of Amazon and has a net worth of over $192.4B as of August 2021. He stepped down as the CEO of Amazon on 5th, July 2021 and become executive chairman. He started the Amazon in 1994 from a garage in Seattle.

Amazon is one of those companies which not only survived at the time of the Covid-19 pandemic but grew 38% in 2020, as most of the people were at home and ordered online for the essential things. 

Which helped Amazon to sell more products.

Jeff Bezos and his wife MacKenzie divorced in 2019 after 25 years of their marriage. He transferred the 16% stack to her. 

Amazon owns various businesses other than Amazon-like Washington Post and Blue Origin ( an aerospace company that develops the rockets for commercial use). 

2. Elon Musk

Elon Musk is the most revolutionized person on earth, who is working towards changing the way we transport today.

He is working on both on Earth transportation through electric cars of Tesla and space transportation through rocket producer company Space X which is valued at $74 billion after its latest funding round in February 2021.

If talk about the net worth of Elon Musk then it is $179.4B as of Aug 2021.

3. Bernard Arnault & family

Bernard Arnault & family own more than 70 brands all over the world as of 2021 including Louis Vuitton and Sephora.

His net worth is over $192.4B as of 1, August 2021.

4. Bill Gates

There will hardly be someone from a business background or who has a little bit of interest in business and doesn't know Bill Gates.

He is the founder of Microsoft and has a net worth of over $131.6B as of 2021.

5. Mark Zuckerberg

Mark Zuckerberg, who is the owner of Facebook and has over $128.2B as net worth in 2021.

Conclusion:

These are the top 5 richest people in the world in 2021. I hope you liked this post.