Recap / Meet the richest people in the world, from Elon Musk to Heidi Klum, from Bill Gates to Miranda Kerr

Nov 1 , 2024

Elon Musk is CEO of electric vehicle maker Tesla and spacecraft manufacturer SpaceX. He also owns X, formerly known as Twitter. Bloomberg estimates he was worth US$248 billion as of September 12, 2024. Photo: Reuters

Who has amassed the world’s largest fortunes? Take a deep dive and find out how much they are worth, from the wealthiest tech moguls to fabulously rich supermodels, from millionaire rock stars to the youngest billionaires

1. Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk or Mark Zuckerberg - who is No 1 in the US$100 billion-plus club? Ranking the world’s richest titans of 2024

Discover the world’s wealthiest individuals, from Musk and Bezos to Bill Gates and Warren Buffett, as we rank the 15 top billionaires each with a net worth exceeding US$100 billion and explore the sources of their fortunes.

2. Discover the wealth of the world’s richest lawyers, from Nicole Shanahan and Sergey Brin to Bill Neukom and Jerry Reinsdorf

Meet the wealthiest lawyers on the planet and discover their staggering net worths that rival anything that can be found in Hollywood or Silicon Valley. Find out about their fascinating careers, controversies, and the fortunes they have amassed.

3. Meet the world’s eight richest young billionaires of 2024, from Red Bull’s Mateschitz to Livia Voigt, the 19-year-old college billionaire!

Discover the world’s youngest billionaires of 2024, according to Forbes, which has found that for the first time in 15 years, no self-made billionaires under the age of 30 have made the list. It seems the ‘great wealth transfer’ to the next generation has begun.

4. Richest members of rock band Coldplay ranked, from frontman Chris Martin to drummer Will Champion

Discover the net worth of the Coldplay band members, who headlined at Glastonbury for a historic fifth time this year, and learn how their university beginnings led to global superstardom and immense wealth.

5. Net worth of richest Victoria’s Secret Angels revealed, from Heidi Klum to Gisele Bündchen and Adriana Lima to Miranda Kerr

As the legendary fashion show returns in 2024 after a six-year break, who is the richest of seven iconic Victoria’s Secret catwalk stars? From TV careers to billionaire marriages, learn how these supermodels built their eyepopping bank balances.

Part of this article was produced with the assistance of generative AI.