Elon Musk’s earnings have been eclipsed this year by a number of wealthy individuals. Elon Musk’s fortune rose by $5.05 billion this year.
The year 2024 proved to be a golden year for the world's richest person Elon Musk in terms of earnings. His wealth increased by $203 billion last year. His net worth is $437 billion. No one is even close to him. Even though he is still wearing the crown of the richest person in the world, the beginning of the year 2025 was not very special for him.
We fell behind this year in terms of revenue.
Elon Musk's earnings have been eclipsed this year by a number of wealthy individuals. Elon Musk's fortune rose by $5.05 billion this year.
Who earned the most this year?
This year's top earner among the wealthy is Mark Zuckerberg of Meta. In a single day, his worth rose by $8.86 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaire Index. Zuckerberg's wealth has grown by $15.4 billion since the start of this year. On the list of the richest people in the world, he comes in third. He has $223 billion in net wealth.
Jeff Bezos is second on the list of the rich. The Amazon founder's wealth increased by $7.63 billion this year.
Jenson Huang, the founder of Nvidia, has gained $12.7 billion in wealth since the start of this year. Chengpeng Zhao's fortune rose by $11.9 billion as a result. Following this, the net worths of Sergey Brin and Larry Page have grown by $5.58 billion and $5.98 billion, respectively, this year.
Their fortune has decreased.
Many wealthy people have seen a decline in their fortune since the start of this year. Larry Ellison, the fourth richest person in the world, has lost $358 million in fortune. In addition, Warren Buffett, the tenth richest person in the world, has lost $804 million in fortune. This year, Gautam Adani lost $4.21 billion while Mukesh Ambani lost $119 million.
