At 52-years of age, South Africa-born Elon Musk is the fourth-youngest member of the Top 10 world’s richest club
Mark Zuckerberg is the youngest at 39, followed by Sergey Brin (50) and Larry Page (51).
For interest’s sake, Warren Buffett at 93 years of age is the oldest member of the Top 10 list.
The average age of those in the Top 10 is 63.5.
Musk was once comfortably the world’s richest person, but his $44 billion purchase of social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter) saw him drop down the rankings to his current ranking of third.
He’s still looking over his shoulder at the chasing pack.
France’s founder, chairman and CEO of LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, Bernard Arnault, leads the way ahead of American Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Musk.
Real-time ranking
LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, commonly known as LVMH, is a French multinational holding and conglomerate specialising in luxury goods, headquartered in Paris.
The rest of the top 10, in order, are Mark Zuckerberg, Larry Ellison, Warren Buffett, Bill Gates, Larry Page, Sergey Brin and Steve Ballmer.
Apart from Arnault, the rest of the Top 10 are all American citizens.
The Forbes Real Time Billionaires is a real-time ranking of the richest people in the world.
The figures are updated in real time.
Top 10 richest people in the world
Correct as of 17 April 2024 at 15:20 SA time
| Rank | Name | Net worth | Age |
| 1 | Bernard Arnault | $219.2 billion | 75 |
| 2 | Jeff Bezos | $201.1 billion | 60 |
| 3 | Elon Musk | $184.8 billion | 52 |
| 4 | Mark Zuckerberg | $175.2 billion | 39 |
| 5 | Larry Ellison | $149 billion | 79 |
| 6 | Warren Buffett | $130.7 billion | 93 |
| 7 | Bill Gates | $128.8 billion | 68 |
| 8 | Larry Page | $128.8 billion | 51 |
| 9 | Sergey Brin | $123.7 billion | 50 |
| 10 | Steve Ballmer | $123.1 billion | 68 |