Here are the top 5 richest people in the world

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Elon Musk, ($188.5 billion): Is the Tesla’s founder has passed Jeff Bezos to become the world’s richest person with a net worth of more than $188.5 billion earlier this week, his net worth now stands at $209 billion, according to Bloomberg Billionaires Index.

Jeff Bezos ($134 billion) : After being surpassed by Elon Mask, Amazon.com, Inc.’s Jeff Bezos is now the second top richest person in the world with the net worth of $186 billion. He is currently the CEO, and the president of the e-commerce company.

Bill Gates ($134 billion) : Bill Gates is the co-founder of Microsoft. Long known as one of the richest persons, is now ranked the third riches person in the world with the net worth of $134 billion. He, with his wife Melinda Gates also chairs the Bill& Melinda Gates foundation, an American private foundation. The technology giant also funds the foundation.

Bernard Arnault ($117 billion) : He is the French Billionaire and is now the fourth richest person in the world with his net worth at $117 billion. He is the chairman and the chief executive of LVMH Moet Hennessy – Louis Vuitton SE, the world’s largest luxury – good company.

Mark Zuckerberg ($101 billion) : The biggest tech giants in the world, Mark Zuckerberg is now the fifth richest person in the world with a net worth of $101 billion. He is the co-founder of the Social Media platform, Facebook and has backed the digital currency Libra which is now called Diem. Zuckerberg has also acquired the other social media platform, Instagram and Whatsapp messenger in 2014.

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