Jeff Bezos tops Forbes’ record-setting billionaire list for 4th consecutive year

Forbes’ annual world’s billionaires list includes a record-breaking 2,755 billionaires, with Amazon.com Inc founder Jeff Bezos topping it for the fourth consecutive year, the media company said on Tuesday. The ranks of the ultra-wealthy are expanding after a year in which the coronavirus pandemic upended world economies and threatened the livelihoods of people across the globe. This year’s billionaires are worth a combined $13.1 trillion, up from $8 trillion last year, Forbes said. “The very, very rich got very, very richer,” said Forbes’ Chief Content Officer Randall Lane, in an interview with Reuters Video News. Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk jumped into second spot on the list, up from 31st last year. Bernard Arnault, chief executive of luxury goods firm LVMH, Microsoft founder Bill Gates and Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg round out the top five of the world’s richest billionaires. See the top 10 billionaires below.  1. Jeff Bezos NET WORTH: $177 BILLION SOURCE OF WEALTH: AMAZON RESIDENCE: SEATTLE  2. Elon Musk NET WORTH: $151 BILLION SOURCE OF WEALTH: TESLA, SPACEX RESIDENCE: AUSTIN, TEXAS 3. Bernard Arnault NET WORTH: $150 BILLION SOURCE OF WEALTH: LUXURY GOODS RESIDENCE: PARIS 4. Bill Gates NET WORTH: $124 BILLION SOURCE OF WEALTH: MICROSOFT RESIDENCE: MEDINA, WASHINGTON 5. Mark Zuckerberg NET WORTH: $97 BILLION SOURCE OF WEALTH: FACEBOOK RESIDENCE: PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA 6. Warren Buffett NET WORTH: $96 BILLION SOURCE OF WEALTH: BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY RESIDENCE: OMAHA, NEBRASKA 7. Larry Ellison NET WORTH: $93 BILLION SOURCE OF WEALTH: SOFTWARE RESIDENCE: LANAI, HAWAII 8. Larry Page NET WORTH: $91.5 BILLION SOURCE OF WEALTH: GOOGLE RESIDENCE: PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA 9. Sergey Brin NET WORTH: $89 BILLION SOURCE OF WEALTH: GOOGLE RESIDENCE: LOS ALTOS, CALIFORNIA 10. Mukesh Ambani NET WORTH: $84.5 BILLION SOURCE OF WEALTH: DIVERSIFIED RESIDENCE: MUMBAI, INDIA