2020 has been a very different year: the pandemic made many people poor … yet many people got richer and richer, and the Top Five richest men in the World in 2021 is way different than last year.
Welcome to this post of MasterTop5.com and today in this article we are going to count down the Top 5 richest people of the world in 2021. If you want to see how this Top 5 changed from last year just check the “Top Five Richest Men in 2020“
5. Mark Zuckerberg – $101.7 billion
The inventor, co-founder and CEO of Facebook is by now one of the richest people in the world thanks to his net worth of $101.7 billion. His company, Facebook alone, worth $462 billion in early 2019.
4. Bernard Arnault – $114 billion
Bernard Arnault and his family is the only non american in this list, because the owner of LVMH, the world’s biggest luxury goods company, is French and in his arsenal there are brands like Louis Vuitton, Hennessey, Bulgari, Dior, Sephora, and many others.
3. Bill Gates – $132 billion
For the longest time the founder of Microsoft has been the richest person in the world with a personal net worth sometimes above $200 billion. After his retirement from Microsoft in 2008 following up the monopoly break down still today he manages to be at the second spot of the Top 5 richest people of the world with an actual net worth of $132 billion.
2. Jeff Bezos – $184 billion
To many people this name might not ring the bell since everybody know him simply as the inventor and founder of Amazon. Right: Jeff Bezos started selling books online with amazon and his baby grew to become the biggest eCommerce online today giving him a net worth of $184 billion!
1. Elon Musk – $188 billion
Last year this man was well know not really for his wealth but rather for his visions: in one year TESTLA became one of the most traded titles in the stock market improving its position of the 550% in 2020. And today the net worth of Elon Musk is $188 billion making him the richest man in 2021
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Main Source: Wikipedia – Forbes
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