The Richest People In The World 1985 - 2023

Updated timeline of the world’s richest billionaires from 1985 to 2023. This list does not include members of royal families. Major asset or brand is highlighted as well. Data sources: Fortune Media Group, Forbes 400, Bloomberg Businessweek, CNN.
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[@DataIsBeautifulOfficial]

One day it would be you.

[@Etudio]

I'd rather there be none. To me and mine this reads like a dynamic hit list.

[@mike1024.]

One day it will be you Mr. Data Master! Remember me when you get there. :-P

[@danielgreen2788]

No thanks, I rather walk

[@LazyNinjass]

No it wont

[@alegro4046]

Allah doesnt exists. Sry to burst your bubble.

[@drizzy018624]

The most impressive to me is Warren Buffet, he is the only person to stay on the list from beginning to end

[@monsterere6498]

True! Didn't even realise XD

[@somethinghappenedyesterday6558]

He knows how to run a business

[@Jspath3]

Slow and steady wins the race, not these sporadic short term spotlighters

[@kevinpearce9310]

Good with his $

[@desiredrapfilms]

What buisness does he run bro?

[@becurious_360]

The jump of Tesla and consistency of Warren Buffet was impressive 😵

[@ruoiealpaeiout2103]

Tesla Satellites are full filling a biblical professy. It won't be water, but fire next time.

[@enthused7591]

It's Tesla, SpaceX, Starlink, Neuralink, and the Boring company. The private valuation of SpaceX alone is probably close to $1 trillion. Elon will be 3-4 times richer than anyone on Earth in 6-7 years.

[@jimmythehat579]

Domination of Bill Gates,

[@onlythewise1]

wow so smart are you like ten years old

[@myautobiography9711]

Elon Musk goes from 51B to 195B in just three quarters, then from 315B to 132B in one year. That's one hell of a ride.

[@justinsm]

That's why he goes instantly viral in pandemic since he can 4x his wealth in just 9 months. And split to 3 again. I respect more to Bezos and Mark

[@thegreatestadvice88]

Man has balls the size of planets.

[@16m49x3]

The numbers are meaningless anyway. It's just speculated stock prices. If any of these people actually wanted to cashout their wealth the numbers would be very different

[@billted3323]

@@16m49x3 Warren Buffet is holding billions in hard cash. Waiting for a good time to invest it. As I understand it.

[@poihpioakarp8845]

I just looked up Forbes and apparently Elon reclaimed the 1# spot and nearly doubled his worth in the mere 8 months since this video came out

[@michaelwayne1977]

What stands out most to me is Buffet's consistency, Musk rocketing up the list at incredible speed, and Louis Vuitton (Bernard Arnault) topping the list. I had no idea high fashion had sales like that. I'm so far from that world I guess.

[@biffboffo]

Louis Vuitton is LVMH (Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy) -- it goes way beyond just clothing.

[@leandroagonzalez3]

It's the opposite. Your so very close to the ground. These people are far from the world

[@timbatee7433]

The Saudi King and family don't release their income data, and many speculate they are worth over 1 Trillion. Also Vladimir Putin could be even richer than the Saudi King

[@jeffmahan5820]

The irony is, it's the Walmart crowd wearing Louis and giving away what little money they have to cosplay being wealthy

[@stanleysimmonsreactions9056]

Well LVMH (Louis Vuitton) owns way more than just LV. They got Tiffany, Hennessy (the drink), Dior, Sephora, Fendi, Celine, and way more including Rihanna's brand Fenty. Chances are if it's a big designer name LV owns it.

[@roshanbhatta1372]

Warren Buffet be like : Consistency is the key.

[@bartoszjanprzybyszewski1891]

Paul Allen be like: good businesscard is key

[@AnvilOfTheGods]

Steve Balmer be like: good college roommate is the key

[@CalvinHikes]

He literally says that

[@dammaguy1286]

Consistency is really the key in everything...literally everything.

[@DavidTaylor-ki2ir]

“Enduring competitive advantage”

[@jmoon2010]

Holy shit I didn't realize just how fast Elon went from nowhere to literally the richest man on earth in like a year

[@chrisrus1965]

He just set the world record for losing money in the last couple days.

[@Batowl1]

"nowhere" hes been a multi billionaire for decades lol. His wealth sky rocketed, because he was good at marketing and is now crashing.

[@JOSEF_GAMING45]

Yes Elon Musk is the best

[@ProjectPhysX]

All it takes is scamming and exploiting a lot of people with overpriced vaporware

[@florianschneider3982]

​@@chrisrus1965 no

[@AriannaAyers]

Taikichiro Mori, Tokyo Developer was the wealthiest man in the 1980s, as ranked by Forbes Magazine. The son of a rice farmer, he taught Economics until age 55, when he decided to quit his day job, and focus entirely on his side hustle, which was to slowly and with the consent and cooperation of locals, build Toyko into the gleaming modern metropolis it is today. He had seen, twice, the city destroyed by the 1923 Earthquake, and bombed in WW2. He would go on to architected the skyline of the Imperial City, changing small narrow streets where children would play hide, and seek, and spin tops as games, into neighborhood buildings unto themselves filled with apartments, offices, theaters, TV stations, shops and markets. Living modestly, he worked in a traditional kimono, and abstained from drink and tobacco. He is survived by several children, and a wife, when he died at age 88, a year after the Toyko real estate market, and its extraordinary prices, corrected itself.

[@FeedDaMachine]

The amount of money they made during 2020 just shows the transfer of wealth that took place.

[@MoonLiteNite]

I viewed it as showing when government prints money and gives it to poor people, they blow it on things that rich people make. While the rich people invested it, so they could sell more stuff to the dumb people. As a low skill hourly worker, i almost gained 50% in my net worth in just 2 years... took all that money, invested it with these guys, and they helped me make money

[@ginsan3497]

Also 08. Everyone on the list pretty much got richer

[@alter112]

​@@ginsan3497but why?

[@travisquicke7169]

Stocks

[@cp9105]

Transfer, as Noam Chomsky says, is putting it politely.

[@purobarsa6847]

Warren Buffett has been always on the list ✅️

[@Hughes17]

No wonder he says ‘tax me’

[@shounakc509]

I love how there’s all these companies and then two Indian flags, and then Warren Buffet’s face 😂

[@anyexpat]

Its because they are diversified

[@thenextbigthing1393]

😂😂

[@geoffreygraham290]

I thought that was Mexico lol

[@gazihanguler4206]

great videos man. i wish the best and i have a important question how do you find all these datasets? Cause I also want to study Data Science Master Program and i really need new and interesting datasets like these.

[@francescaa8331]

Love your channel. The idea of animating the data is so interesting.

[@DataIsBeautifulOfficial]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@CheeteshSharma]

Elon Musk went from not even being on the list to being the richest one in 100 billion$ in the lead in less than a minute

[@yeetyeet5079]

Then lost that position immediately

[@MaZe741]

then lost almost 200 billion and is still nr 2

[@Kbxbigbro808]

Then he lost 200 billion something 😂

[@gabiroli86]

@@MaZe741 Space x and tesla vastly overvalued on the stock market he will fall lower. When elon musk was the richest man. Tesla was worth more mb toyota vv(including porsche audi), honda,kia, bmw. Combined. So his wealth was overvalued because his stocks are overvalued. Mvp is bill gates. He retired like a decade ago microsoft their way since then. Ans he still hangs on. Or jeff bezos before the split from his wife.

[@iamantoniohz]

Better to be Bernard Arnault, Jeff, Bill, Warren… those guys have been in the race for a long time and they’re good at it, Elon was nothing but good marketing and tons of stupid fans.

[@_Killkor]

The friendly rivalry between Warren Buffett and Bill Gates is absolutely crazy, all those years they stayed on top.

[@Amazongrassmonster]

They’re actually good friends. I read somewhere that they regularly play Bridge together

[@_Killkor]

@@Amazongrassmonster I meant rivalry in a friendly sense, ofc. I've seen once a video of them two visiting a candy shop together, on Bill's channel, and they were surprisingly casual about it, like two old friends taking a stroll.

[@kingdong7517]

rivalry? think again... watch how they shadow each other on the chart

[@kingdong7517]

@@Amazongrassmonster .....and discuss which market to corner next

[@shanevinson845]

Buffett never visited Epstein Island.

[@TheJakelop]

I held back subbing because you hadn't uploaded in 3 years. But I had to since you updated your channel.

[@schao2156]

Steve Jobs never being on this list is shocking. His net worth was pretty low considering how much of a household name he was.

[@FunningRast]

He held mostly Disney and Apple stock but didn’t have much since he sold his original 20% ownership of Apple when he was ousted back in the mid-80s. Then Apple’s and Disney’s stock price didn’t really take off until after he passed away. Would have been worth $600 billion+ today if he kept those Apple shares plus what he had from Disney after selling Pixar.

[@hectorsanchez3695]

im surprised Trump is not on the list since he and some people sell him as one of the wealthiest people.

[@BrianK-zz4fk]

his salary was $1 a year at apple when he returned. the value of that stock would be crazy now but he died and probably would have been fired again at appl as no innovation has occurred since.

[@sergii_real_estate]

@@hectorsanchez3695he’s a Real Estate guy, they are all in debt

[@manoo422]

Jobs was a total idiot.

[@1234j]

Stunning. Thank you for all your efforts in making these.🙌

[@DataIsBeautifulOfficial]

My pleasure 😊

[@Czlog]

Next rich person = Data Is Beautiful xD Good video!

[@DataIsBeautifulOfficial]

Oh I am rich already, but you just doubled it. Thanks man!

[@IoT_]

@@DataIsBeautifulOfficial it was a nice one. 😂

[@supermanlover7779]

@@DataIsBeautifulOfficial Hello, is your channel still monetizing and is it true that KZbin has removed such statistical videos from the monetization mode?

[@itchierichie4446]

I’m surprised Steve Jobs isn’t on this list

[@balajihalburigi9948]

Give me 100 dollars😢

[@codewithmuaaz]

hey, i know it may seem a weird question (Xd) but I need to know how can I create similar video with these visualization of historical data and editing. PS. which tools do I need for editing. Thanks, -Curious Viewer

[@theblubus]

I love how you can see world events happening through certain people suddenly rising in ranks or everyone's wealth declines or someone on the list dies and their wealth gets split between their heirs

[@deanosmith7523]

Rob, Jim, Alice, Christy, and Lukas Walton have a combined net worth of roughly 230 Billion. If Sam Walton had just one Son or Daughter, that person would perpetually have been on top for most of this list.

[@mi3helle707]

💯 pretty impressive how he's been on the list every so often. Drops off then comes back again. 230 billion is a lot of money

[@anyexpat]

Elon topped 300 Billy

[@kalpitk]

yes

[@ohmiefluffy360]

maybe not, If Sam Walton had only one heir, it's possible that the company's expansion, diversification, and overall success could have been different compared to the scenario where the wealth and responsibilities were divided among multiple descendants.

[@DoahnKea_Tuber]

Love your productions! Would like to see updates on the most popular lists currently ended c.2019... Cheers!

[@datacenter6688]

great. Your videos are very good and creative. The way you build the picture and sound is really amazing. I watch your videos every day to learn. I am also building my youtube channel but my knowledge and skills are still low, hope you can help and share tools and ways to find information. Thank you very much. 1000 likes for you!!!

[@GoodChemistry]

Fascinating to see the rise and fall of so many big names of people and companies.

[@FederationMapping]

I remember when Bernard Arnault used to be the third richest person in Europe, now he is number one in the world

[@joeysipos]

Whoever thought selling handbags would make you the richest person in the world 😂

[@sroth2021]

@@joeysipos He is a wise man who understands women.

[@alter112]

Trump negotiator

[@corfeandco777]

@@joeysipos Bernard Arnault is also owner of Dior, Givenchy, Kenzo, Guerlain and so on ...

[@YTBR.]

What is that red pin 📌 always on his lapel? And why is his suit full of dandruff or lint like an old suit? 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@catladycatlady7359]

Awesome as always. I look forward to every video you post! thank you

[@loviekahlon3463]

Most surprising was to me fashion brands louis vitton , Zara, l'oreal commodity ,h&M .. i could never imagine that ...thanx for the knowledge..aankhe kholdi meri❤

Hello how are you? I liked your videos on the Data Is Beautiful channel, I would like to publish your videos on a new channel in Brazil, how do I get your authorization?

[@olivier7774]

Incredible ! I'm surprise to see the Albrecht brothers from Aldi so high in the list. Anyway, i love these kind of videos and the music match perfectly.

[@septube26]

good stuff. Love the data.

[@ScizGraffiti]

Trends come and go, but value investing is forever. :) Go on Buffett!

[@billted3323]

Many of the fortunes didn't go anywhere , they were just split up amoung the heirs. Rich people never really lose.

[@Get2ItTV]

Great video 👍🏾

[@smvml89]

Warren Buffet managed to stay in the list at all time as himself.

[@billted3323]

They were all as themselves. These were not company values. Because Apple isn't on the list , but is they wealthiest company in the world.

[@ASHUTOSHKUMAR-bp1ns]

And Bill Gates

[@user-by3cp5ri4b]

​@@billted332350% of the wealth of warren buffet is apple. So there is some apple in the ranking.

[@supiiischokobaer]

Data I definitely would download and use as a time traveller + stock market.

[@foolwitatool3957]

Great timeline video on all the richest people that we are allowed to talk about!

[@TheIronDuke9]

When you upload a video with a title that begins with the word "NEW!" does it just stay that way forever or do you eventually change it by deleting that word?

[@mike1024.]

There were some companies I was surprised to see show up, especially ALDI, which I consider to be a niche grocery store chain I heard of WAY later than when their leaders ended up on this list.

[@Nisc3d]

They are really big in Germany

[@mike1024.]

@@Nisc3d I figured that may gave had something to do with it! I've been there before. Kind of an odd place, with items that come and go. You never know what you'll find!

[@Jspath3]

America is just slow to catch onto Aldis trend.

[@jonashorn8354]

As a German, I've always been confused about the Aldi owners being so rich. Aldi stores are indeed everywhere in Germany, but so are many other big supermarket chains. As you said, Aldi stores are weird places in general, and I don't really know anyone (besides my dad) who would name them as their favourite supermarket. I really don't know why they are so damn rich, my only guess would be that other supermarket company owners just don't have as many shares of their company as the Aldi owners have.

[@mike1024.]

@@jonashorn8354 haha that's very interesting insight! It does explain a little more than I knew before.

[@tarastar7006]

Please upload more! I love your videos!!

[@DataIsBeautifulOfficial]

More to come!

[@poihpioakarp8845]

Papa Walton passing away while at number 1 and three of his successors immediately entering the list is an underrated moment in this

[@dmitripogosian5084]

It only means that top spot was more than 3 times the 10's spot

[@MrDino1one]

Can you please update auto sales video and repost it ???❤

[@mehboobkhan11028]

Very nice information Thanks a lot ❤ *Data is Beautiful*

[@DataIsBeautifulOfficial]

Most welcome 😊

[@keirastonehaven8386]

lnvesting is considered a bedrock in making generation wealth. Most people don't know when, where or what to invest in. Fortunately, great investors of the past and present can provide us with guidance and ideas. Meaningful contributions are always welcomed.

[@YvonneStephanie]

l invsted in both stock and crypt but I believe crypt0 is doing better.

[@RubeRune]

Truth is, there are scammers but real brokers are out there for invstors to guide through their trad.

[@ellamawson2042]

Mrs Dellia Cooper is an Expert broker who knows exactly how to manipulate the market in favor of his or her clients. She is tested and trusted.

[@ellamawson2042]

Dellia helped me recover what I lost trying to trade for myself.

[@leowilliam975]

​@@georgeruben5448I have her wats app contat. She's reliable and trustworthy.

[@Retro_Mere]

This was great 👍🏾

[@nicotti]

Sam Walton was so rich, that when he died his heirs were all on the list!

[@raylopez99]

Gad Rausing, Swedish industrialist (packaging materials) and accomplished scholar in archeology, avoided scandal, stayed in the top 5 richest in the world for the 80s and 90s, and died at the respectable old age of 78 after siring three kids. Compared to some of the others on this list, he did well, not just financially either. I never heard of him until today, just Googling it.

[@raylopez99]

@@jenspersson8321 Wow, inventor too! Impressive.

[@johndododoe1411]

Rausing's Tetra-Pak maintains a near monopoly on drink cartons for milk, juice etc. I heard more about him when reading the story of how Blekingegadebanden tried to kidnap his son for ransom but gave up near the end for a stupid reason (they remembered the hinges on his front door wrong).

[@hmsstockholm]

Tack för informationen

[@gloriadiaz11]

Where is Apple?

[@dmitripogosian5084]

Tetra Pak

[@moneeyworld]

This is amazing🚀👊

[@30AndHatingIt]

Wow, Sam Walton (Walmart) died as the richest man in the world. Once he died, it immediately erased him from the list and it split up between his 3 kids, all dropping to the bottom of the list. That’s crazy.

[@MoonLiteNite]

yeah money passed down from parents to kids normally only lasts 2 or 3 generations before it is lost. Why there are more first generation rich people than people who are gifted it.

[@dmitripogosian5084]

Why crazy, you divide by 3 and 1/3 is not amoung top 10 ?

[@emanate0]

its so strange to see fashion people so highly ranked

[@IbraNNB7]

People need clothes ....

[@user-oy1dt5rc8e]

japanese richest is UNIQLO

[@DomWayne]

He owns multiple brands, multiple

[@AB-yf5ei]

@@IbraNNB7 I don't know a single person that buys luxury clothes. It's just waste of money.

[@joshuasteele4498]

Stunning how long and how often Bill Gates was at the top of that list.

[@synth505]

It's amazing where packaging, marketing, and selling freeware can take you.

[@jassiusclay6401]

When you think about billionaires Bill Gates will always come up first in your mind

[@justmusic2353]

Specially in 1997-2000 he was richer than the 2nd and 3rd richest man combined lol

[@MusicismoreImportant]

Paul Allen and Carlos slim

[@pain8651]

WHERE'S ROTHSCHILD AND THE GANG???!!

[@idgafboutnethang]

Right? And the Moodys' and the Arabian Oil Sheiks

[@ncubesays]

I was not expecting to see Pablo Escobar and Warren Buffett duking it out in the 80s but here we are

[@axdde6428]

Taxi was a profitable buisness in colombia back then

[@malcorub]

With Ross Perot as the special referee in 1988. LOL

[@colincorkery.9427]

Everyone else: slowly gaining their wealth over decades Elon Musk: hold my beer

[@jokergaming60499]

Elon Musk and Gautam adani

[@ad3l547]

Nah Benard Arnault was never going down, I think he have the most stable revenue

[@Roberto11231]

Your videos are great! Greetings from Argentina

[@AmooHassani]

very good bro!

[@AlienArtCharts]

It's the first time since 2017 that the Luxury brand owner's wealth exceeds technology company founders.

[@patrickqin]

Kind of surprised Steve Jobs never made the list 🍎

[@benjaminpatz4078]

Jobs eventually sold a vast amount of Apple Stock after they fired him from the Board. In the meantime Jobs was CEO and biggest shareholder of PIXAR. Eventually years later he came back to apple. But his wealth came mostely from his disney stocks which came from the Disney Pixar fusion I recall...

[@saurav0121]

How we can make such video? Any idea? I am searching for a long time but i cant get it😪

[@goldenboy6840]

the problem with the wealth of each person is that it is not real money they have on their bank accounts but (in most cases) just speculative numbers based on the value of stakes they hold in their companies. that is why elon musk suddenly reaches 300 billion dollars and right after falls back to 100 billion dollars. that doesn't mean he spent 200 billion dollars. it is just because tesla's stock value dropped.

[@goldenboy6840]

@fudgepacker i do not think that elon musk could go to a shop, order a 300 billion dollars product and pay for it. it is imaginary money they will never hold in their hands. the numbers just describe the momentaneous value of their belongings. nobody is going to pay them that money to buy their property.

[@storbokki371]

But is 'real' money actually real wealth? Cash is just paper and coin representing a value, like a token. It isn't actually valuable itself. Monies are rarely if ever made from gold and silver anymore.

[@Antarctide]

@@storbokki371 Well yeah but at least tokens are palpable, they are a proper thing. Stake values are virtual. There's simply no way Elon Musk would have been able to acquire 300$ billion ever.

[@mikkyjust]

All this graphic is stock value

[@AMildCaseOfCovid]

Exactly, if you're "worth" $200 billion in shares, and you sell all of those shares, the proceeds are not adding up to $200 billion :D

[@olivarionline1]

This feedback is not intended as criticism as I enjoy these videos and usually follow the channel. It is a bit confusing, though, that in this particular video some are identified by their country flag and others (presumably all American?) by the name of the company that made them rich. I would have stuck to just one kind of info - either their country of origin only or their respective companies/entities.

[@phineasgage8252]

Agree!

[@thebyzocker]

no, the aldi brothers werent from the states for example but i agree

[@007kash007]

Lakshmi is a property investor. Do you want a icon of a house. Better to have the flag as he is an Indian philanthropist

[@olivarionline1]

@@007kash007 what I said is for consistency's sake - in that case flags alone should have been enough with each name

[@billbally4419]

Easy don't get triggered

[@praharshsinh]

I never imagined an average guy from my city could become so successful. I'm so proud of "Gautam adani". Fun fact: He lives just 10 km from my home.

[@giggygiggy1393]

And what does his house look like ? A Palace ??

[@praharshsinh]

@@giggygiggy1393 To be honest, his home is not palace or mansion but it's more than villa and less than mansion.

[@Brandon-bc5um]

What's his business? Telemarketing? 😂🤣😂🤣

[@praharshsinh]

@@Brandon-bc5um Nah bruh! The device you are commenting from to ship and to charge that. (Import - export, power generation and green & renewable energy too) 😉

[@richardthomas5362]

@@praharshsinh Reminds me of a book in the 80s, titled "The Millionaire Next Door". Gautam is probably the founder of whatever company(s) he owns, so he is probably too busy to bother with a palace or mansion. Give his family two to three generations and they will be burning a lot of money for "luxury".

[@MR.Kazani]

whitch software did you use please talk to me ?

[@KY-uw3pb]

respect for Warren is the essence of the video

[@barskama309]

Richest Men: Bernard Arnault Richest Women: Françoise Meyers French Domination🇫🇷

[@Antarctide]

Luxury products for the former and cosmetics for the latter... Grim.

[@ravensfan777]

How many years has this happened? One year? I wouldn't call that domination.

[@barskama309]

@@ravensfan777 Doing so in an American-centric economic environment is a great achievement.

[@ravensfan777]

@@barskama309 It is without a doubt a great achievement. And should be something to be proud of. But the word domination seems a bit overkill lol.

[@Electrolainer]

Уоррен Баффет на протяжении всего ролика присутствует в топе. Стабильность - признак мастерства.

[@IoT_]

Учитывая, с чего он начинал, то нечему удивляться. Инвестор от Бога

[@artursruseckis4242]

Да. И в отличие от других в этом списке - он сам ничего не производит. Просто становится богатым изза успеха других.

[@IoT_]

@@artursruseckis4242 Это в корни неверное представление об инвесторах. Инвестор даёт по сути деньги тому, кто производит. Всё также если начальник твой дал деньги на то, чтобы ты изготовил на заводе деталь, тоже самое если Сергей Брин заплатил тебе, чтобы ты создал новую модель обработки текста. И так далее.

[@artursruseckis4242]

@@IoT_ Ну не совсем так. То, что ты говоришь, верно только в самой первой итерации - когда компания эмитирует акции и инвестор их покупатет в IPO или при выпуске облигаций. Или по договору, финансируя конкретную операцию/проект. Но большенство сделок Баффета - вкладывание в уже давно выпущенных акциях, его деньги к производителю не приходят, их получает предыдущий условный Баффет. С точки зрения компании - Баффет наоборот вампир, высасывающий из фирмы дивиденды. Это как покупать б.у. авто - ты купил мерс, но твои деньги в Германию не уходят, за твоё железо Мерседесу заплатил первый покупатель.

[@IoT_]

@@artursruseckis4242 не знал, что акции подвергаются амортизации как материальные объекты типа автомобиля. Покупая акции условного Гугла у "перекупщиков" Баффет во-первых, подогревает интерес к акциям кампании, тем самым повышая её стоимость. Во-вторых, если было не было вторых "Баффетов" ,а только первые, то какой смысл в акциях как средства заработка для первых? А так как насильно никто продавать не заставляет, то как раз первые являются самым большим злом , так как являются по Вашей логике с авто, перекупщиками.

[@TUBESTEAKNIG]

It's insane how fast some of these guys can acquire billions to shake up the entire list. It's almost unrecognizable every few years.

[@tanner9956]

I think the thing about warren buffet he inherently doesn’t do anything but capital allocation and finding the right people to run the business well. Probably the most impressive one out of all them. Dude knows the power of compounding

[@ryansmoviereviews]

Kind of wild that the 2 richest ever didn't come onto the scene until a few years ago. Buffet to me has always seemed gracious about his wealth, while others flaunt it.

[@miguelash886]

Carlos Slim’s company is not Telefonica (and that’s not Telefonica Logo, anyway), it’s Telmex (one of them), America Móvil or grupo Carso (which is the conglomerate that holds most of Slim’s companies).

[@Brandon-bc5um]

Who cares. Some 🟤 dude no one knows or heard of lol

[@richieqs7789]

@@Brandon-bc5um 2010 Q1 says otherwise

[@cooltron]

@@Brandon-bc5um I’m sure your broke little ape brain hasn’t heard of a lot of those names.

[@elsanser_7285]

@@Brandon-bc5um That just show your ignorance lol

[@Lumperator]

3 persons is legend here: Warren Buffet (overtime legend) Bill Gates (longest time on top) Elon Musk (holy shit, what the powerfull)

[@routineinfo]

very informative video

[@shemilfahad5140]

Warren buffet is a legend🔥♥️

[@oddsandwindsocks5905]

Good old Bill Gates seems to be up there the most , I didn't realise how quickly Tesla value dropped, as has Jeff Bezos, never would of thought designer label would be top though. I noticed that the list didn't include the sultan of Brunei, he was the richest man in the early 90s as said in the Guinness book of records.

[@DataIsBeautifulOfficial]

Interesting! As for the Sultan, I haven't included royal families on purpose.

[@Pakhi-qk9xp]

Wow amazing

[@vfeuer9236]

What amazes me the most is Zara and LV being on list. Luxury clothing I never expected

[@userbosco]

...and they all pay less taxes than a typical school teacher

[@PriyamChouhan5]

Entry of Mukesh Ambani and Elon Musk was amazing 😍

[@PUJAMAITI-dp1dy]

Nice vedio

[@creativeoutletandfilms]

very interesting!

[@GOPNIKBOI]

Rothschild with 10 quadrillion: am i a joke to you?

[@droid6759]

You are a joke

[@DiegoSilva-xf6gc]

Ahora me siento 100% más pobre que antes de ver éste vídeo.

[@sinnombre8763]

😭😭

[@salazardeltoro4561]

Not seeing any Rothschilds on this time lapse.

[@mgig8564]

Warren buffet just like ..hold my beer lol.. 🍺 just gunna stay here awhile longer..haha

[@JanRiffler]

Where's Rothschild ???

[@mike1024.]

I didn't know the owner of Walmart was once the richest man in the world! Looks like his sudden disappearance is his death, followed by multiple Walton's who split his net worth.

[@Brandon-bc5um]

Yeah it's weird, as he's on this list an entire FIFTEEN years before my local area ever even had a Walmart. Tbf I was born in 94, but never knew of Walmart til 2000

[@MagisterVeritas]

me watching this on a library computer: we'll get there buddy, we'll get there

[@SiegeDiaz]

When that Walmart guy fell off I was like "Whoah what happened?" and then "Oh he died.." LOL

[@joao89SW]

If only I could get a million from one of them, it’s nothing, I’m not asking for a lot 😂

[@jonkboy7033]

you wouldn't be enough, believe me

[@thecensoredmuscle563]

There is 7.8 billion people in the world. The richest person in the world could give a billion dollars to each person and it would still be just a small percentage of their wealth. But if every person had a billion things would be devalued, everything would become way more expensive and a billion would be like nothing.

[@kindofanmol]

I didn't realise just HOW RICH Adani and Ambani are

[@kittepatte7780]

from where can i get data like that please ?

[@gapfa]

What is the name of software that they make these videos with?

[@piotrstolarz7330]

The moment when you are realising that a large percentage of everything that you earned so far goes to these people...

[@MusicismoreImportant]

Depends what year

[@anandsharma7430]

The obscene amount of money held by just 100-200 people is beyond shocking. Among them they can start a top 5 GDP country. Like USA, China, UK, France or Germany. Just 200 people and that's all. Most people have no idea how much a billion dollars actually is. Think about the last time you spent 100,000 dollars at one time - Maybe you paid a loan, maybe you bought a house. If you do that every day, continuously for 25 years, then you will have spent one billion dollars. These people have a HUNDRED billion dollars. They can buy new different homes EVERY DAY for 2500 YEARS. Now think about why there is poverty in this world where a billion people don't get food to eat for days.

[@ActorsDataComparison]

so good

[@smOOdiebOOdie]

Cool to see 3 Swedes on the list through the years! (Tetra Pak, IKEA, H&M) 💪🏻🇸🇪

[@DataIsBeautifulOfficial]

The best!

[@nickrodriguez3850]

Tetra pak is from sweeden? 😂 Been eating from their packages since day one

[@smOOdiebOOdie]

@@nickrodriguez3850 yup! 😄 That invention made that family insaaaanely rich on royalties..

[@dmitripogosian5084]

@@nickrodriguez3850 When I was a kid in USSR in the 60-s, it actually was a tetrahedron cartons for milk. They pack neatly in crates (I would not presume USSR paid royalties, but it was original tetra-pak shape) You then cut the corner with scissors, and it stands stably on the table

[@rodrigogoncalves5140]

Carlos Slim, Roman Abramovich, Eike Batista são alguns exemplos de bilionários que ganharam suas fortunas graças a um monopólio criado por governos de seus países, ou seja, são amigos do rei. Esse tipo de gente nunca terá meu respeito e admiração

[@victorespino5650]

Most of the companies in here made their fortune in that way. They were able to essentially form monopolies or close to it

[@ilearntohate]

And what's with other companies? Google, Microsoft, Amazon etc are monopolies who just buy all rivals. Bezos also = corruption.

[@ilearntohate]

@@fudgepacker2858 Roman Abramovich is simply criminal. In 1996 president Yeltsin's family feared they will lose elections (country was in ruins) so they bribed the wealthiest oligarchs to fake needed results in places, each oligarch in certain county. Instead they gave away the best national companies (cause there was no money). So Abramovich, who was nothing then, just a member of Berezovsky's band, became just nominal owner of Sibneft (really the owner was Boris Berezovsky, powerful criminal leader, oligarch and weapon trader, and Abramovich was just small criminal, known for stealing of train with oil). Then Putin came and Berezovsky decided to rival him, he was destroyed and fled to London. After that Abramovich declared to Berezovsky he is now weak and Abramovich now is real owner of Sibneft and after oil skyrocketed in 2000th he became multibillioner.

[@Discost]

7:38 tesla be like aint no god damn way amazon gonna beat me

[@joshuam6587]

Such an interesting list. Can almost help predict stcok trades..

[@mike1024.]

I had never heard of Paul Allen before. Was he a Microsoft founder also to have so much? I know I could Google that, but more discussion might be more interesting!

[@TechWorld1105]

Cofounder of Microsoft with bill gates

[@mike1024.]

@@TechWorld1105 I noticed a third person showed up at some point. Also a founder?

[@TechWorld1105]

@@mike1024. they were the 2 founders, I don’t remember seeing a 3rd person but he might have been someone that worked there

[@SinclairWest]

@@mike1024. if you meant Steve Balmer, not a founder but he became CEO after Bill and Paul left the place. CEO at the Moment is Satya Nadela

[@mike1024.]

@@SinclairWest yes that makes sense!