Forbes ranking of the world's richest people: Elon Musk reclaims the throne and Donald Trump doubles his fortune.

BarcelonaSouth African tycoon and Donald Trump advisor Elon Musk has regained the top spot among the world's richest people, according to the list published Tuesday by the magazine Forbes, which attributes his net worth to €316.4 billion. This means his fortune has increased by 75% compared to 2024, and, in fact, at 53 years old, he has already accumulated more wealth than any other person who has ever appeared in the publication. In this sense, Forbes He highlights that the explosion in Musk's wealth coincides with "a year in which he consolidated his political influence," with the US president appointing him to command the DOGE (Department of Government Efficiency).

The Tesla CEO and owner of X is once again the richest man in the world. after two years in second place in the rankings Behind French businessman Bernard Arnault, the founder of the luxury conglomerate LMVH falls to fifth place, his lowest since 2017, amid a slump in the company's shares. Even so, he has amassed a fortune of €164.789 billion. Another tech mogul has overtaken him on the podium: Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg is the second richest man in the world for the first time, with an estimated net worth of €199.97 billion.

Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon, is in third place, with €198.902 billion, and Oracle's Larry Ellison is in fourth, with €177.624 billion. In sixth place, after Arnault, this year is the Oracle of Omaha. At 94, Warren Buffett is one of the oldest on the list, with an estimated fortune of €142.3 billion. The rest of the top ten positions in the ranking are Forbes They are occupied by Google founders Larry Page (133.241 billion) and Sergey Brin (127.689 billion), followed in ninth place by Inditex founder Amancio Ortega, with 114.757 billion, the richest man in Spain and the second richest in Europe. The list is closed by former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer (109.183 billion).

Although he ranks 700th on the list of the world's richest people, the current US president, Donald Trump, has enjoyed one of the largest increases in wealth in this edition, with an estimated growth of 122% and doubling his fortune to €4.713 billion. In Trump's case, the magazine highlights that before returning to the White House, he "boosted his cash with a very lucrative move into cryptocurrencies." In addition, his Trump Media & Technology Group business also went public.

Richer than ever

The latest edition of the list Forbes is the first to surpass the 3,000-member threshold, as a total of 3,028 people from around the world managed to amass a fortune of at least $1 billion, an increase of 247 people compared to the previous ranking. The magazine's estimated net worth for the world's richest reaches 14.9 trillion euros, almost 1.8 trillion higher than a year ago and larger than the GDP of every country in the world except the United States.

This explosion of wealth has allowed, for the first time, to have three people with a net worth exceeding $200 billion, in addition to a total of 15 people with a net worth of at least $100 billion. The United States, with a record 902 billionaire citizens, continues to accumulate more rich people than anywhere else on the planet, ahead of China, with 516, and India, with 205.