Elon Musk
With Tesla, Elon Musk has built up most of his money, making him the wealthiest person on the planet. It’s also worth noting that Musk has worked for a number of other well-known firms, like PayPal and Tesla. Among PayPal’s graduates was a group of serial entrepreneurs and angel investors who have achieved great success in their own right.
Bernard Arnault
Bernard Arnault built a fortune in the luxury goods market by owning Louis Vuitton and Christian Dior, two of the world’s most recognizable brands. Like many others on this list, he has risen to the top of the food chain by focusing on affluent populations and holding a 47% ownership in his firm, LVMH.
Jeff Bezos
Jeff Bezos quit his job in finance at the age of 30 to embark on a business that many deemed foolish: the online purchase and sale of books. Amazon is today’s most valuable firm, with a market capitalization of more than $1 trillion. As a result of Bezos’ foresight, the e-commerce sector has grown to be one of the world’s most important.
Bill Gates
He was a tech genius as a young boy, designing his first computer program at the age of 13. The fact that he would go on to co-found the world’s largest computer software corporation, Microsoft, was unknown at the time. When Bill Gates chose to stand down as CEO of Microsoft in 2000, the company had been around since 1975.
Larry Page
Larry Page was Google’s CEO from 1998 until 2001. From 2011 to 2015, he served as CEO once again, and he is still on the board of directors and the biggest shareholder. Google is now a part of Alphabet, a holding company that owns YouTube, Google Play, Android, Fitbit, Mandiant, Looker, and Nest, as well as a host of other Internet companies.
Larry Ellison
Larry Ellison, like so many others on this list, has made a fortune thanks to the advancement of technology. After dropping out of college in 1977, Larry Ellison went on to develop Oracle, which he expanded from a start-up to one of the world’s largest software and database corporations. As of now, Oracle’s market value stands at 187.7 billion.
Gautam Adani
India’s richest man, Gautam Adani, inherited his flair for business from his father, who ran a textile mill. However, Adani had no interest in taking over the family company and preferred to pursue his own goals of becoming a multi-billionaire. Adani began working in the diamond sector soon after he left home, and he swiftly became a billionaire.
