Bernard Arnault

According to CNN, the two had been trading places on the outlet's daily Real-Time Billionaires list over the past few months.

Jeff Bezos overtook him in 2018 to be the world's richest person. In 2022, he was the eighth richest on the list. His company, Berkshire Hathaway, recently moved to buy up more shares of energy company Occidental Petroleum. In 1999, at the height of the dot com boom, they were bought for $307m by Compaq Computers. Bezos' $114 billion net worth represented a 1-spot drop, according to Forbes. It also completely owns GEICO, Duracell, and Dairy Queen, among several other companies. His boost in rankings was aided by Oracle rise 10% year-over-year in stock price, according to the outlet. LVMH backed away as the COVID-19 pandemic hammered luxury goods sales, but ultimately renegotiated a discounted purchase price. Musk took home $21m - he was 27. citizens joined the billionaire ranks for the first time this year, including LeBron James and Jimmy Buffett. Despite nearly 50 Americans, including Kanye West and Sam Bankman-Fried, dropping from the ranks and some dying, more than 60 U.S. followed a bitter legal dispute.

The French tycoon joins Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos as the only billionaires to have ever reached the $200 billion (R3.5 trillion) milestone.

You can cancel anytime and if you cancel within 14 days you won't be billed. He is currently the richest person in the world. The head of luxury-goods powerhouse LVMH is the third person ever to reach that level of personal wealth.

Bernard Arnault, the chairman of French luxury goods company LVMH, has surpassed Elon Musk to become the world's richest person, according to Forbes' ...

This is the first time a French citizen has led the World’s Billionaires ranking since its inception in 1987. Arnault and Musk have often traded places on the Forbes’ Real-Time Billionaires list. Stock in the company soared 35% over the past year.

Bernard Arnault, CEO of LVMH, which owns Louis Vuitton, Christian Dior and Tiffany & Co., is the world's richest person, according to Forbes.

[25 Richest People in the World](https://www.forbes.com/sites/chasewithorn/2023/04/04/the-25-richest-people-in-the-world-2023/?sh=591d3b7e4969), released this week. 21, $56.7 billion). - For the second straight year, the number of billionaires declined – from 2,668 in 2022 to 2,640 this year. 19 No. 25 to No. - Two who dropped out of the Top 25: Zhang Yiming, founder of Bytedance, the parent company of Tik Tok dropped from No. 26; and Changpeng Zhao, known as CZ, the founder of cryptocurrency exchange Binance, fell from No. 3 on the annual list of richest people: Jeff Bezos at $114 billion. That's about $57 billion less than a year ago, the largest loss of anyone on the list, Forbes said. [Bernard Arnault, the world's richest person, appoints daughter CEO](https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2023/01/11/new-louis-vuitton-ceo-bernard-arnaults-daughter-dior/11030964002/) [Tesla stock](https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2022/12/28/tesla-stock-musk-shanghai-production/10958559002/)'s 50% decline since Musk's [$44 billion acquisition of Twitter](https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2022/04/25/elon-musk-twitter-ownership-deal/7437519001/) in April 2022. [Arnault had leapfrogged Elon Musk](https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2022/12/13/elon-musk-richest-person-no-longer-forbes/10887947002/) to earn the top spot on Forbes' [real-time billionaires list](https://www.forbes.com/real-time-billionaires/#41add3813d78).

According to Forbes' recent List of 25 Richest Men in the World, Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos have lost their titles as the richest and second richest men in ...

Jeff Bezos who was the second on the list has also dropped to third place. LVMH’s stock soared 35% over the past year. According to Forbes’ recent List of 25 Richest Men in the World, Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos have lost their titles as the richest and second richest men in the world, respectively.

The combined net worth of the world's wealthiest people slipped to $12.2 trillion amid stock market volatility and rising interest rates, Forbes says.

- Bill Gates — $104 billion Ms Bettencourt Meyers is also the world’s 11th-richest person, according to Forbes. - Bernard Arnault — $211 billion Bernard Arnault, chairman of French luxury group LVMH, is the world’s richest person with a net worth of $211 billion, Forbes said. “But I won’t be slowing down anytime soon. “I turned 67 in October.

Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos have also achieved this feat but Arnault is the first person outside the US to reach the milestone.