Tech giants lead Forbes' 2024 World’s Billionaires List

Elon Musk, the visionary behind SpaceX, Neuralink, and X, secured the second spot with $195 billion, maintaining his position from the previous year but with an increased fortune from $180 billion.

Amazon's Jeff Bezos, a beneficiary of the COVID-19 pandemic's e-commerce surge, ranked third. After a significant drop from $171 billion in 2022 to $114 billion in 2023, Bezos' fortune rebounded to $194 billion this year.

Meta's Mark Zuckerberg, with holdings in WhatsApp, Instagram, and Facebook, significantly increased his wealth, moving from 16th place and $64.4 billion last year to fourth place with $177 billion in 2024.

Larry Ellison of Oracle claimed the fifth spot with $141 billion, while Microsoft’s founder, Bill Gates, was seventh at $128 billion.

Steve Balmer, the former Microsoft CEO, and Google co-founder Larry Page rounded out the top ten, with net worths of $121 billion and $114 billion, respectively.

Zhang Yiming, the mind behind ByteDance and TikTok, was the highest-ranked Chinese tech executive, placing 27th with a net worth of $43.4 billion.