Bloomberg Billionaires Index

Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) sent a letter to President-elect Donald Trump Tuesday questioning the potential conflicts of interest in having billionaire Elon Musk as an advisor to the new White House team. What Happened: Warren, who has clashed with Trump and Musk previously, took aim at Musk...

Billionaire Elon Musk is the first person ever worth more than $400 billion, thanks to a continue surge in the price of Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) stock since Donald Trump won the 2024 presidential election. What Happened: Tesla stock is trading higher Wednesday with several analysts raising their...

Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META) is a top-performing stock in 2024, hitting new all-time highs of $629.79 on Friday, and boosting the wealth of CEO and co-founder Mark Zuckerberg. What Happened: Zuckerberg currently ranks as the third-richest person in the world with $215 billion in wealth, according...

The billionaire battle between Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and X owner Elon Musk for social media supremacy continues to heat up and Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META) could have another fast-growing platform with Threads, based on the company's third-quarter earnings report. What Happened: Meta Platforms...

Billionaire Bill Gates donated a reported $50 million to a non-profit backing Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election. The donation is one of the largest by any individual in the election cycle. Here's a look at how the donation compares to Bill Gates' net worth. The Donation: A recent...

The soaring price of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) stock over the last year has added to the wealth of CEO and co-founder Jensen Huang, making him one of the world's richest people. While Huang is humble about his growing wealth, here's a look at how close the Nvidia CEO is to cracking the top...

Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) CEO Elon Musk is the world's richest person and has watched his wealth climb in 2024 despite the price of Tesla stock falling. A prediction market allows bettors to wager on if Musk will remain the world's richest man at the end of the year. What Happened: The title of the...

NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) stock has soared in 2024, adding to the wealth of CEO and co-founder Jensen Huang — but most days he wouldn't know it. That's because Huang sometimes doesn't even look at the Nvidia stock price. "Not every day, sometimes I'll look at the end of the day," Huang...

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, once the world's richest person, remains one of the wealthiest individuals globally. However, a skyrocketing stock tied to another billionaire has pushed Gates further down the list of the world's billionaires. What Happened: The earnings report from Oracle...

Billionaire Elon Musk is the world's richest person and also an influential figure across several business segments thanks to his leadership at companies like Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA), X, xAI, SpaceX, Neuralink and The Boring Company. Musk could become a trillionaire in the future, thanks in large...

Billionaire Larry Ellison will own a controlling interest in Paramount Global (NASDAQ:PARA)(NASDAQ:PARAA) once the merger with Skydance Media finalizes in 2025. What Happened: Ellison, one of the world's richest people, will be the majority shareholder of National Amusements, the company that has...

Elon Musk became a billionaire at the age of 41 thanks to his leadership at Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) and several other companies and today is considered one of the greatest innovators of all time. The Gutenberg printing press was introduced in 1440 and is considered one of the greatest inventions of...

Becoming a billionaire is a milestone in life that if often associated with company founders, athletes and entertainment icons. Often times, becoming a billionaire happens late into a career or during a second or third act, with the milestone sometimes leading to becoming among the richest people...

NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) shares have soared over the last year, with the stock hitting a market capitalization of over $3 trillion for the first time on Wednesday. The stock price increase led Nvidia to briefly pass Apple as the second most valuable company in the world and added to the...

When Trump Media & Technology Group (NASDAQ:DJT) went public in late March, majority shareholder and former President Donald Trump saw his net worth surge. Since then, it dropped as the stock dwindled in value. What Happened: After a long-awaited SPAC merger, Trump Media & Technology Group...