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Top 10 richest people in the world 2025: Elon Musk likely to become history’s first trillionaire; check his net-worth
Top 10 richest people in the world (November 2025) Forbes list: The world's richest man, Elon Musk, with a net worth of $491.4 billion as of November 2025, is likely to become the history's first trillionaire as Tesla shareholders meet in Texas on Thursday to vote on his massive payout.
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Top 10 richest people in the world (November 2025): Elon Musk, the world’s richest individual with a net worth of $491.4 billion as of November 2025, according to Forbes’ Real-time Billionaire list, is on track to become history’s first trillionaire.
Musk won a shareholder vote on Thursday that will award the Tesla CEO $1 trillion in stock if he meets certain performance benchmarks over the next decade, AP reported.
Musk has held the position of being the world’s richest since May 2024 and made headlines last year by becoming the first billionaire ever to exceed a net worth of 0 billion. (File)
Furthermore, this will widen the gap between him and Larry Ellison, who follows next for the third time in a row and has a $$298.9B net worth.
Notably, LVMH’s Bernard Arnault rose to #7 from #10, witnessing an increase of $11.2 billion in his net worth.
Forbes Billionaires List: The world’s top 10 richest people, as of November 2025
Forbes’ top 10 world billionaires’ net worth now stands at $2.13 trillion combined, a rise by a mere 1%, or $21 billion as of September 2025.
It’s a modest gain compared to last month, as August was a mixed month for the world’s wealthiest; six billionaires became richer, while the remaining four witnessed a decline in their net worth, as reported by Forbes.
The world’s top ten richest people are men, with 9 of them Americans and just LVMH’s Bernard Arnault from France. Each of them still has a net worth estimated at $150 billion or more, which is an increase from $143 billion last month.
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Below are the top 10 richest people in the world, as of November 2025 and are ranked based on their net worth:
| Rank | Name | Net Worth | Industry | Age |
Country/Territory
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| 1 | Elon Musk | $491.4B | Tesla, SpaceX | 54 | United States |
| 2 | Larry Ellison | $298.9B | Oracle | 81 | United States |
| 3 | Jeff Bezos | $253.3B | Amazon | 61 | United States |
| 4 | Larry Page | $234.8B | 52 | United States | |
| 5 | Sergey Brin | $217.8B | 52 | United States | |
| 6 | Mark Zuckerberg | $212.4B | 41 | United States | |
| 7 | Bernard Arnault & family | $177.7B | LVMH | 76 | France |
| 8 | Jensen Huang | $163.3B | Semiconductors | 62 | United States |
| 9 | Steve Ballmer | $150.7B | Microsoft | 69 | United States |
| 10 | Michael Dell | $147.9B | Dell Technologies | 60 | United States |
Source: Forbes’ Real Time Billionaire List
Note: Stock prices fluctuate regularly, leading to daily changes in net worth. The figures mentioned are accurate as of November 7, 2025.
Who is the richest person in India as of November 2025?
No surprises here; Mukesh Ambani continues to be the richest person in India, with a net worth of almost $$109.6 billion as of November 2025.
The chairman of Reliance Industries has slipped down and now ranks #16 globally and is the only Asian member of the exclusive $100 billion club, according to Forbes.
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