Forbes 36th Annual World's Billionaire Covers ForbesElon Musk Tops Forbes’ 2022 Ranking Of The World’s Richest People; This Year Marks The Largest Number Of Billionaire DropOff’s Since The 2009 Financial CrisisNEW YORK – April 5, 2022 - Forbes’ 36th annual World’s Billionaires List, released today, reveals 2,668 billionaires, including 236 newcomers—far fewer than last year’s 493. Elon Musk tops the World’s Billionaires ranking for the first time ever, with an estimated net worth of $219 billion. Altogether the total net worth of the world’s billionaires is $12.7 trillion, down from last year’s $13.1 trillion. MethodologyThe Forbes World’s Billionaires list is a snapshot of wealth using stock prices and currency exchange rates from March 11, 2022. For the Forbes 2022 Billionaires list, methodology and features, visit: www.forbes.com/billionaires.

Source: Forbes April 05, 2022 12:05 UTC