Launching Forbes Real Time Billionaires, Saturday (31/7/2021), the following is a list of the 10 richest people in the world:
1. Bernard Arnault and the family
Bernard Arnault is the face behind Louis Viuitton Moet Hennessy (LVMH), Sephora, and 60s other well-known brands. It is noted that since around May 2021, Bernard has overtaken conglomerates from the United States who usually occupy the top positions as people richest in the world.
In January 2021, LVMH completed a deal for American jeweler Tiffany & Co. worth US$15.8 billion, which is believed to be the largest luxury brand acquisition ever. As of July 31, 2021, his net worth stands at US$192.9 billion. or around Rp. 2.78 quadrillion.
2. Jeff Bezos
Jeff Bezos, founded the e-commerce giant Amazon in 1994 from his garage in Seattle, United States. During the pandemic, Amazon thrived. Revenue in 2020 grew 38 percent to $386 billion as people stayed home and made online purchases.
Bezos also owns The Washington Post and Blue Origin, an aerospace company that develops rockets for commercial use. As of July 31, 2021, his net worth is $192.4 billion.
3. Elon Musk
Elon Musk is working to revolutionize transportation both on Earth (through the production of Tesla's electric cars) and in space (through rocket manufacturer SpaceX). Musk owns 21 percent of Tesla's shares, but has pledged more than half of his shares as collateral for loans.
Musk's rocket company, Space-X, is currently valued at US$74 billion after its last funding round in February 2021. Elon Musk's net worth as of July 31, 2021 is recorded at US$17.9 billion or around Rp. 2.59 quadrillion.
4. Bill Gates
Bill Gates is one of the founders of Microsoft. He and Paul Allen founded it in 1975. In March 2020, when Gates stepped down from the Microsoft Board and owned about 1 percent of the software and computing company.
In addition, Gates has also invested in dozens of companies including the Canadian National Railway and AutoNation, and is one of the largest agricultural landowners in the US. As of July 31, 2021, Bill Gates' net worth is $131.6 billion. quadrillion.
5. Mark Zuckerberg
During the lockdown due to the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, Facebook became one of the main communication tools. Zuckerberg started Facebook at Harvard in 2004, when he was 19 years old. Facebook is used for students to match names with photos of their classmates.
Mark Zuckerberg's assets as of July 31, 2021 reached 128.2 billion US dollars or around Rp. 1.8 quadrillion.
6. Larry Page
One of the founders of Google has assets of 115.2 billion US dollars or equivalent to Rp. 1.66 quadrillion.
7. Larry Ellison One of the founders of Oracle has a wealth of 112.6 billion US dollars or around Rp. 1.62 quadrillion.
8. Sergey Brin One of the founders of Google has a wealth of 111.5 billion US dollars or around Rp. 1.61 quadrillion.
9. Warren Buffet The most successful investor of all time has a wealth of 101 billion US dollars or around Rp. 1.4 quadrillion.
10. Francoise Bettencourt Meyers and the grandson family of the founder of L'Oreal have a net worth of US$0.4 billion or around Rp. 1.3 quadrillion.