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Top 10 billionaires who gained the most wealth in 2025: Elon Musk tops list with net worth higher than GDP of 170 countries
Top 10 billionaires who gained the most wealth in 2025: Six of the top ten gainers are Americans, making up over 85 per cent of the total dollar amount acquired by the group, with five being tech billionaires.
Top 10 richest person in the world: Elon Musk, is the biggest billionaire gainer in 2025.
Top 10 billionaires who gained the most wealth in 2025: Six of the top ten gainers are Americans, making up over 85 per cent of the total dollar amount acquired by the group, with five being tech billionaires.
The year 2025 saw rising valuations and shifting market power, with Forbes noting the rise of 3,028 billionaires globally with a combined net worth of $16.1 trillion.
This year saw big wins for most of the world’s billionaires, as their fortunes rose, especially the top ten biggest billionaire gainers of all, adding more than $729 billion to their already-staggering wealth over the past year, according to Forbes.
The world’s richest man, Elon Musk, is the biggest billionaire gainer in 2025, with his net worth having grown by more than $333 billion, or $935 million per day.
At the start of the year, Musk’s net worth was $421 billion. In October, he became the first person in history to reach a net worth of $500 billion.
He then surpassed $600 billion the following Monday and reached $700 billion in net worth by Friday.
At approx. $749 billion, Elon Musk’s net worth now exceeds the annual GDP of more than 170 countries pic.twitter.com/rnUBI98hPj
— Forbes India (@ForbesIndia) December 22, 2025
Notably, Americans account for six of the top 10 gainers, accounting for more than 85 per cent of the total dollar amount acquired by the group, and five of them are tech billionaires.
The world’s top 10 richest people who gained the most wealth in 2025:
| Rank | Name | Net Worth (USD) | Wealth Gained in 2025 (USD) | Industry | Citizenship |
| 1 | Elon Musk | $754.4B | +$333.2B | Technology | U.S. |
| 2 | Larry Page | $254.7B | +$98.7B | Technology | U.S. |
| 3 | Sergey Brin | $235.1B | +$86.1B | Technology | U.S. |
| 4 | Jensen Huang | $159.5B | +$42.3B | Technology | U.S. |
| 5 | Larry Ellison | $250.3B | +$40.6B | Technology | U.S. |
| 6 | Amancio Ortega | $145.2B | +$28.7B | Fashion & Retail | Spain |
| 7 | Germán Larrea Mota Velasco & family | $51.4B | +$25.6B | Metals & Mining | Mexico |
| 8 | Masayoshi Son | $56.1B | +$25.4B | Finance & Investments | Japan |
| 9 (tie) | Carlos Slim Helú | $101.6B | +$24.3B | Telecom | Mexico |
| 9 (tie) | Mark Zuckerberg | $226.8B | +$24.3B | Technology | U.S. |
Source: Forbes
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