In December 2022, French luxury fashion house Louis Vuitton’s founder and CEO Bernard Arnault overtook Elon Musk as the world’s richest person. Arnault and his family currently have a net worth of $204 billion, as per Forbes' real-time rich list, whereas Musk's net worth is $146.5 billion.
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Twitter and Tesla CEO Elon Musk not only lost the title of the world’s richest person but also became the first-ever person ever in the world to lose $200 billion in net worth. Even in 2023, Musk’s net worth has continued to sink. If the trend continues, it looks certainly hard for Musk to even retain second place in the world's richest list.
But who could replace him as the world's richest person? Well, there are not one or two but in fact, five billionaires as per Forbes list who are closest in the race to replace Elon Musk as the world's second richest person
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5 Billionaires Closest In The Race To Replace Elon MuskAs World's Second Richest Person
1. Gautam Adani
On the Forbes real-time richest people list, the billionaire who is closest to Elon Musk, is third placed Gautam Adani.
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Asia's richest person Adani has been amongst the very few billionaires who managed to gain significant wealth in 2022, a year that otherwise saw most billionaires in the world lose billions of dollars. Gautam Adani has a net worth of $125.1 billion.
2. Jeff Bezos
World's fourth richest person, i.e. Amazon founder Jeff Bezos currently has a net worth of $118.3 billion.
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Last year, Bezos had not only donated $123 million for helping homeless people in the US, but also pledgedtodonatehis entire wealth during his lifetime.
3. Warren Buffett
Legendary investor Warren Buffett, too, is in the race. Currently, the 'Oracle of Omaha' has a net worth of $111 billion.
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The Berkshire Hathaway Chairman has been amongst the world's richest people for a pretty long time, and Warren Buffett has already pledged to donate over 99% of his wealtheither in his lifetime or at his death.
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4. Larry Ellison
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Another billionaire in the race isLarry Ellison, the Chairman and co-founder of software giant Oracle. He currently has a net worth of $109.8 billion.
As per Forbes,Ellison sat on the board of Elon Musk-led Tesla from December 2018 to August 2022 and still owns about 15 million shares in the EV maker.
5. Bill Gates
The fifth billionaire on the list is Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates. Gates co-founded Microsoft with Paul Allen in 1975.
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Last year, Bill Gates had tweeted that he vows to give away virtually all of his wealth and eventually drop down from the richest people list.
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Besides these five billionaires who are only behind Bernard Arnault and Elon Musk currently in the world's richest list, the remaining billionaires in the top 10 richest people list, as per Forbes, include-Mukesh Ambani ($88.4 billion),Carlos Slim Helu & family($87.6 billion) andLarry Page($80 billion).
It remains to be seen whether Elon Musk manages to regain the world's richest person title or even retain his second position with many billionaires drawing closer to his net worth and creating the chance of replacing him.
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