
The latest edition of the list was released in April 2023, and it ranks the richest people in the world by their net worth as of March 10, 2023.
Some of the highlights of the 2023 list are:
- Bernard Arnault, the head of luxury goods giant LVMH, became the world’s richest person for the first time, with a net worth of $211 billion.
- Elon Musk, the founder of Tesla and SpaceX, dropped from the top spot to the second place, with a net worth of $180 billion, after his pricey acquisition of Twitter hurt his Tesla shares.
- Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon, slipped to the third place, with a net worth of $114 billion, after his divorce settlement with MacKenzie Scott reduced his stake in the e-commerce giant.
- Rihanna, the singer and entrepreneur, became the first billionaire from Barbados, with a net worth of $1.7 billion, thanks to her successful ventures in cosmetics and lingerie.
- Peter Jackson, the filmmaker behind the Lord of the Rings and Hobbit trilogies, became the first billionaire from New Zealand, with a net worth of $1.6 billion, after selling his visual effects company to Unity Technologies..
(1) Forbes Billionaires 2023: The Richest People In The World. https://www.forbes.com/billionaires/.
(2) Real Time Billionaires – Forbes. https://www.forbes.com/real-time-billionaires/.
(3) Forbes releases list of 2022 billionaires including new additions. https://www.theintelligencer.com/news/article/Forbes-releases-list-of-2022-world-billionaires-17067123.php.
(4) Forbes Releases 40th Annual Forbes 400 Ranking of the Richest Americans. https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20211005005758/en/Forbes-Releases-40th-Annual-Forbes-400-Ranking-of-the-Richest-Americans.
