5 Richest People in the World November 2023

Elon Musk still remains the richest person in the world with total wealth reaching USD 207 billion. Musk is the CEO of electric car company Tesla, rocket company SpaceX, and social media company X, formerly known as Twitter. 

Musk is originally from South Africa, he moved to Canada before his 18th birthday. Musk worked in various jobs, attending Queen's University in Ontario, then transferring to the University of Pennsylvania, where he earned a bachelor's degree in economics. He is currently 51 years old and lives in Austin Texas.

He achieved status as the richest person in the world on June 8, 2023, and is still ranked number one on October 25, 2023. 

In second place on the list of the richest people in the world, is Bernard Arnault with wealth reaching USD 157 billion. Arnault serves as CEO and chairman of LVMH (Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton), the world's largest luxury goods company which manages around 70 well-known fashion and cosmetic brands, including Louis Vuitton, Christian Dior, Moet & Chandon, and Sephora.

At the age of 74, Bernard Arnault resides in Paris. For most of the first half of 2023, Arnault managed to rank as the richest person in the world before falling to second place on June 8, 2023, and he currently maintains that position until September 25, 2023.

In third place on the list of the richest people in the world, there is Jeff Bezos with total wealth of USD 152 billion. Jeff Bezos made the decision to resign from his position as CEO of the giant e-commerce company, Amazon in July 2021. However, he still holds the position as chairman of the company. In the same month, Jeff Bezos went into space using a rocket made by the private rocket company Blue Origin. This company was founded and funded with billions of dollars by him.

Up until October 25, 2023, Jeff Bezos's net worth has grown dramatically.. Currently, Jeff Bezos is 59 years old and lives in Medina, Washington.

Ranked fourth on the list of the richest people in the world, Larry Page has wealth of USD 124 billion. Along with fellow Stanford PhD student Sergey Brin, Larry Page co-founded the popular search engine Google in 1998. He served as CEO until 2001. Currently, Larry Page serves as a board member of Google's parent company. , Alphabet, and still holds a controlling stake in the company.

Apart from his success in the world of technology, Larry Page is also involved as a founding investor in a space exploration company called Planetary Resources . Larry Page is a fifty-year-old resident of Palo Alto, California.

In fifth place, Bill Gates is the richest person in the world with total wealth reaching USD 122 billion. When Gates was a teenager, he developed an interest in computer programming. He dropped out of Harvard to co-found the software company Microsoft with his high school friend Paul Allen in 1975, resulting in one of the first software programs available for the then-nascent personal computer industry.

Bill Gates served as CEO of Microsoft for 25 years and held the position of chairman until 2014. Today, he has investments in various companies, including Republic Services, a waste disposal company, and agricultural equipment maker Deere & Co. Apart from that, he is also one of the largest agricultural land owners in the United States. Currently 67 years old, Bill Gates lives in Medina, Washington.