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 Top 10 RICHEST PEOPLE IN THE WORLD 2021

A lot has changed for the richest people inthe world in the last months. In our previous top 10 from September 2020,Elon Musk was only on the 5th spot – ever since then, he has managed to double his networth to compete with Jeff Bezos for the top spot! Keep reading to find out who takes the crown! Good day, Kings!

         In this article we bring you the richest people in the world from February 7, 2021. Remember that the right prices can change from day to day as the prices of their companies fluctuate! If you enjoyed this article, please don't forget to hit a button like that and subscribe to our channel to become a real King. Trust me, it works! Number ten, Steve Ballmer. Ballmer joined main front software Microsoft aspiring for the 30th job and took over the reins of the company as CEO from 2000 to 2014 after Bill Gates retired to focus on other goals. During Ballmer's tenure as CEO, he continued to improve the company's already strong market environment, which led to a threefold increase in sales and a doubling of profits. Critics say that during his time Microsoft missed out on 21st-century technologies, such as the emerging smartphone industry. With his current value of $ 87.1 billionUS dollars, the 64-year-old Ballmer probably doesn't care about his critics! Fact: Ballmer is known for his strong personality. He was so well-known that he needed surgery to perform the operation on his vocal cords! As a hobby, Ballmer is the owner of the famous Los Angeles Clippers. Microsoft is not the only Microsoft guy on this list - you can guess who this guy is! Number nine, Warren Buffett. After staying in the top 3 for decades, Warren Buffett did not benefit from the Corona crisis like the other millionaire on the list. The 90-year-old currently sits in ninth place with $ 89.3 billion. Buffett is widely regarded as the most successful investor. One reason why he is “alone” in ninth place is that he has donated $ 37 billion to the United States for charity over the past 20 years. If you were to convert these donations into usury, Warren Buffett would likely receive at least $ 50 billion! It is wonderful to see him use his money to do good things! Number eight, young Zhong Shanshan with a total value of $ 90.6 billion. Have you ever heard of him? Honestly, most people probably don’t - his Wikipedia article has only 9 lines. Zhong Shanshan is 66 or 67 years old and is the founder of Nongfu Spring, the largest beverage company in China. However, this alone does not make him the sixth richest man in the world! Zhong Shanshan is also the chairman and owner of the Beijing Wantai Biological Pharmacy, also known as Wantai. 

     In partnership with one of its pharmaceutical companies, Hainan Yangshengtang Pharmaceuticals, the three companies are part of the Yangshengtanggroup. Zhong is often referred to as the "one wolf" dueto whose appearance is unusual in society - no wonder he is not very well known! Seventh, Sergey Brin. As one of the founders of Google, its currentnet value is $ 93.1 billion! The 47-year-old was born in Moscow and moved to the US in 1979. Brin was president of Google's parent company Alphabet Inc. until it last declined in 2019. He is also interested in topics such as energy problems and climate change, investing in another energy industry to help a slower world move from old energy forms. Brin was also one of the first people to invest in Tesla - this bet could have paid off a lot of time! Number six, Google's second founder LarryPage has a total value of $ 96.3 billion. While Sergey Brin was President of Google, 47-year-old Larry Page led the company's operations as CEO - until his retirement in December 2019 to focus on other companies. Larry Page's philosophy is that if you are rich, you should use your money to make the world a better place. Not only does he talk like this, but he gives his life this way: Over the years, Page has invested in many interesting companies before they became famous.Just like Sergey Brin, Page was also one ofthe first to invest in Tesla, he also invested in the asteroid mining company Planetary Resourcesand in the startup “Flying Car”, that develops – you guessed it – flying cars. If you are interested in these kinds of futuristictechnologies, feel free to check out our article on the top 10 most futuristic companies andtechnologies! As a hint, you will see Elon Musk plenty oftimes in that articlewith his different companies. Number five, Mark Zuckerberg. The CEO and chairman of Facebook sits at acurrent net worth of 102 billion US dollars, still owning a 15% stake in the massive companythat Facebook has become today. They have really gone a long way ever sincethey went public in May 2012, increasing their stock price from 38 to 268 US dollars! Today’s Facebook is not just Facebook, buta powerful social media empire that includes Instagram and Whatsapp. 

         It’s really impressive how Mark Zuckerberggrew the company from a small startup into one of the 10 biggest companies in the worldby market capitalization! If you want to know more about Zuckerberg’slife, I can recommend the movie The Social Network. It’s pretty good! Number four, Bernard Arnault. The rather unknown Bernard Arnault is chairmanand CEO of LVMH – which stands for Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy – and is currentlyworth an impressive 113 billion US dollars, which also makes him the richest Europeanand the richest non-American on the planet. Arnault has bought a majority stake in LVMHback in July 1988 and consistently improved the company through smart acquisitions. Today, LVMH consists of more than 70 luxurybrands! Some of these are liquor brands Belvederevodka, Dom Pérignon, Hennessy, Moet et Chandon, watch and jewelry brands Bulgari, Hublot,TAG Heuer and Tiffany, clothes brands Dior, Fendi, Givenchy, Louis Vuitton, Marc Jacobsand more. If you like luxury items, you probably ownsomething from at least one of these brands! Number three, Bill Gates. At his current net worth of 135 billion USdollars, Bill gates is pretty far away from the number 1 spot, even though he had beenthe richest person in the world for years.

         You probably already knew it, but the mainreason for Gates’s wealth is that he was the main founder of Microsoft! Today, Bill Gates only owns 1% in Microsoft. He sold the majority of his shares to investin stocks and other assets and – most importantly – to pursue philanthropic causes. Despite being known as a cold-blooded competitorthat would never give an inch as CEO of Microsoft, he donated a total of 36 billion US dollarsas of 2018. Bill and his wife Melinda have probably savedmillions of lives through the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation! Number two, Jeff Bezos. The second-richest man on earth recently announcedthat he is stepping down from his position as CEO of Amazon to focus on his other ventures. Despite giving a quarter of his Amazon stakeover to his wife MacKenzie due to their divorce in 2019, Jeff Bezos currently has an incrediblenet worth of 195 billion US dollars. Still, this is not enough to be the richestperson in the world! In addition to Amazon, Bezos was also oneof the first investors in Google in 1998. Furthermore, he invests into several healthcarecompanies – an example for this is Unity Biotechnology, which aims to slow down oreven stop the process of aging – as well as the Washington Post and Blue Origin. Blue Origin is Bezos’s answer to SpaceX,working to build reusable space shuttles. However, currently it seems like Blue Originis significantly behind SpaceX. But that is not the only aspect in which ElonMusk beats his rival. And finally, number one, Elon Musk. Some might have predicted it years ago: Thelegendary Elon Musk has finally become the richest person in the world with his currentnet worth of 203 billion US dollars! Aside from Tesla, Musk is also CEO and majorityowner of SpaceX, Neuralink and The Boring Company.

       He is also co-founder of Open At, which promotesfriendly artificial intelligence. The biggest ace up his sleeve is SpaceX: Currentlyvalued at 46 billion US dollars, Musk still owns a 54% stake in the company. If SpaceX continues to reach their goals atthe current pace, their valuation will quite literally be going to the moon – pun intended. The recent success of Tesla and SpaceX haveopened the possibility for Elon Musk to become the world’s first trillionaire – whichis extremely impressive, considering that Elon and his two companies were on the vergeof bankruptcy in 2008. During that time, Musk even sold his homeand lived at a friend’s house to save every dollar to keep the two companies alive. It’s great to see that it worked out, sincethe two companies have initiated a revolution in both, the automotive and the space industry! As you can see, a lot has changed among therichest people in the world. Tesla’s recent success has doubled ElonMusk’s net worth, which catapulted him from the fifth to the number one spot within justa few months! The rise of Zhong Shanshan might be even moreinteresting. While he was only worth 15 billion just inSeptember 2020, the initial public offering of his two pharmaceutical companies almostimmediately propelled his net worth to make him the richest Chinese and the richest personin Asia! 

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