Meet the 15 members of the $100 billion club — who are jointly worth more than Amazon or Google
2024-09-12 22:44:44
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The elite group worth more than $100 billion includes Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Bill Gates.
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The 15 members have grown about $280 billion richer this year and are jointly worth $2.2 trillion.
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Walmart heir Jim Walton joined the club this week and his siblings could soon follow.
Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Mark Zuckerberg are among the handful of people on the planet with a net worth above $100 billion.
Members of this elite group have amassed 12-digit fortunes by owning huge amounts of stock in some of the world’s most valuable companies. Most are founders and either current or former CEOs, and some, such as Warren Buffett, would be much richer if they didn’t give billions to charity.
There may be only 15 centibillionaires, but their combined wealth is around $2.2 trillion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. That’s more than the $1.9 trillion market capitalizations of Amazon and Google’s parent company, Alphabet.
All but one of them have grown richer this year, adding a net $280 billion or so to their collective fortunes. Adobe ($257 billion), Chevron ($250 billion), and PepsiCo ($241 billion) are all worth less than that.
Walmart heir Jim Walton joined the exclusive group this week thanks to a $28 billion increase in his net worth this year. His siblings, Rob and Alice, could soon follow given their respective net worths of $98.3 billion and $97.7 billion.
Here’s the list of individuals worth at least $100 billion, showing Bloomberg’s estimate of their net worth at the time of publication, how much it’s changed this calendar year, and the source of their wealth.
All figures are correct as of September 12, 2024.
1. Elon Musk
Net worth: $100 billion
YTD change in wealth: +$15.7 billion
Source of wealth: Adani Group stock
Gautam Adani is the founder and chairman of the Adani Group. His conglomerate is a leading developer of infrastructure such as ports and power plants in India.
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