As of December 2022, Bernard Arnault and his family had a net worth valued at 190.7 billion U.S. dollars, making him the richest man in the world. Founder of Tesla, Elon Musk, had for a long time been the richest individual in the world, but the poor performance of Tesla and his acquisition of Twitter saw his net worth decrease by around 100 billion dollars. Gautam Adani and his family was the third richest individual in the world with a fortune of 133 billion dollars. The list is dominated by Americans, and Francoise Bettencourt Meyers and family as well as Julia Koch and her family are the only two women among the 20 richest people worldwide.
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