Forbes Richest People In The World 2024 Report. That’s up $900 million from last year’s $81.5 billion. Bernard arnault (75) has been named the world’s richest man of 2024 with an estimated fortune of $226.2 billion, according to forbes’ 38th annual billionaires list, released tuesday.

Musk became the world’s richest person again on june 8, 2023 and held onto the number one spot for the remainder of 2023. The 20 billionaires on the 2024 forbes list of africa’s richest are worth a combined $82.4 billion.