Top 10 Richest in 2025: From Elon Musk to Jensen Huang – The Complete List

Who sits at the top of the global wealth ladder in October 2025? This data-backed list (Forbes & Bloomberg) explains the top 10 fortunes, sources of wealth, recent moves and quick takeaways for investors and curious readers.

Wealth rankings move fast — a single stock swing can add or shave billions — but as of mid-October 2025 the picture is clear: tech titans dominate the top spots, with a handful of luxury, enterprise and legacy business leaders mixed in. Below are the top 10 richest people, their estimated net worths (reported by Forbes Real-Time and the Bloomberg Billionaires Index on Oct 19, 2025), short biographies, and why each name matters beyond the headline number.

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Top 10 richest people (Oct 19, 2025 — rounded USD)

1. Elon Musk — ~$384B — Tesla, SpaceX, X, xAI. Musk remains the world’s richest thanks to large equity stakes in Tesla and private-company value in SpaceX, plus new AI and satellite ventures. Market moves in EVs and AI have driven big swings.

2. Larry Ellison — ~$383B — Oracle. Ellison’s Oracle holding and enterprise-cloud play have kept him neck-and-neck with Musk in total wealth; recent enterprise AI demand boosted valuations.

3. Mark Zuckerberg — ~$264B — Meta Platforms. Meta’s pivot to efficiency and ad-recovery, plus strong performance in AI-driven ad tools, pushed Zuckerberg higher on the list.

4. Jeff Bezos — ~$252B — Amazon, Blue Origin. Bezos’ Amazon stake remains a core wealth engine while space and real-estate holdings add diversification.

5. Larry Page — ~$210B — Alphabet (Google). Page’s Alphabet shares and investments in moon-shot projects keep him among the tech elite.

6. Sergey Brin — ~$196B — Alphabet. Co-founder status and Alphabet stock place Brin solidly in the top tier alongside Page.

7. Steve Ballmer — ~$172B — Microsoft. Ballmer’s Microsoft shares (and growth in cloud revenue) drove his position; his ownership of the LA Clippers is a notable personal asset.

8. Bernard Arnault — ~$162B — LVMH. The LVMH chairman represents the biggest non-tech concentration in luxury goods — his wealth tracks global luxury demand and LVMH’s M&A moves.

9. Jensen Huang — ~$154B — NVIDIA. Huang’s NVIDIA has been the clear corporate winner of the AI era; GPU demand for AI model training vaulted his net worth

10. Michael Dell — ~$151B — Dell Technologies/Broadcom stake. Dell’s combination of hardware, enterprise services and equity positions keeps him in the top 10. 

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(Lists vary—Warren Buffett and others sometimes shift into top-10 depending on daily moves.) 

Net worths are estimates that change intraday. This list synthesizes Forbes’ Real-Time Billionaires and the Bloomberg Billionaires Index snapshots from mid-October 2025. 

For the latest real-time numbers do refer Forbes or Bloomberg directly.

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