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The Richest People in the World in 2022
Today, the 10 richest people in the world control $1.3 trillion in wealth. This scale of wealth is equal to approximately 1.4% of the world economy, Amazon’s entire market cap, or spending $1 million a day for 3,000 years. In fact, it’s double the amount seen just two years ago ($663 billion). As billionaire wealth accumulates at a remarkable speed, we feature a snapshot of the world’s richest in 2022, based on data from the Forbes Real-Time Billionaires List. Top 10 Richest People in the World: Elon Musk, with a fortune of $212 billion, is the richest person on the planet. Tesla delivered nearly one million ... (full story)