Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) CEO Elon Musk ended 2025 as the world's richest person with a wealth of $619 billion. Musk recently became the first person to ever hit the $600 billion milestone and he could be in for more gains in 2026 thanks to a reported SpaceX IPO and a new pay package at Tesla.

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Musk wasn't the only billionaire to see their wealth grow dramatically in 2025. Here's a look at the top 10 richest people in the world and how their wealth compares to some of the most well-known public companies.

Top 10 Richest People 2025

The S&P 500 gained 16.6% in 2025, with many top stocks up for the year, helping to increase the wealth of billionaires whose fortunes are tied to publicly traded companies.

The soaring stock prices helped boost the wealth of the ultra-wealthy, with the top 10 richest people in the world gaining a combined $578.64 billion in 2025. The 2025 total gains of the 10 richest people in the world outdid the $518 billion gained by the group in 2024.

Here are the top 10 richest people in the world at the end of 2025, as reported by Bloomberg, with their 2025 gains:

Elon Musk: $619 billion, +$187 billion

Larry Page: $269 billion, +$101 billion

Jeff Bezos: $253 billion, +$14.6 billion

Sergey Brin: $250 billion, +$91.8 billion

Larry Ellison: $247 billion, +$55.2 billion

Mark Zuckerberg: $233 billion, +$26.0 billion

Bernard Arnault: $208 billion, +$31.6 billion

Steve Ballmer: $168 billion, +$21.9 billion

Jensen Huang: ...