Meet the 17 people in the $100 billion club — who are jointly worth more than Amazon or Google
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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 17 members have grown about $500 billion richer this year and are jointly worth $2.5 trillion.
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Walmart heirs Jim, Rob, and Alice Walton joined the club for the first time in September.
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 17 centibillionaires, but their combined wealth is around $2.5 trillion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. They’re worth more than Amazon or Google-parent Alphabet, which command market values of around $2 trillion each.
All but one of them have grown richer this year, adding a net $504 billion to their collective fortunes. Oracle ($481 billion), Mastercard ($476 billion), and Home Depot ($404 billion) are all worth less than that.
Walmart heirs Jim, Rob, and Alice Walton joined the exclusive group in September, thanks to their net worths surging by over $30 billion this year.
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 October 21, 2024.
1. Elon Musk
Net worth: $241 billion
YTD change in wealth: +$11.5 billion
Source of wealth: Tesla and SpaceX stock
Elon Musk is the CEO of the electric-vehicle maker Tesla and the spacecraft manufacturer SpaceX. He’s also the owner of X, the social network formerly known as Twitter.
His other businesses include The Boring Company, Neuralink, and xAI.
2. Jeff Bezos
Net worth: $212 billion
YTD change in wealth: +$35 billion
Source of wealth: Amazon stock
Jeff Bezos is the founder, executive chairman, and former CEO of Amazon, the e-commerce and cloud-computing giant.
He also founded the space company Blue Origin and owns The Washington Post.
3. Mark Zuckerberg
Net worth: $204 billion
YTD change in wealth: +$75.6 billion
Source of wealth: Meta stock
Mark Zuckerberg is the cofounder, chairman, and CEO of Meta Platforms, the social-media titan behind Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Threads.
Meta’s Reality Labs division makes virtual-reality and augmented-reality headsets and experiences.
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