• Tesla shares are experiencing downward pressure. Why are TSLA shares declining? Musk wasn't the only billionaire to see their wealth grow dramatically in 2025. Here's a look at the top 10 richest people in the world and how their wealth compares to some of the most well-known public companies. Top 10 Richest People 2025 The S&P 500 gained 16.6% in 2025, with many top stocks up for the year, helping to increase the wealth of billionaires whose fortunes are tied to publicly traded companies. The soaring stock prices helped boost the wealth of the ultra-wealthy, with the top 10 richest people in the world gaining a combined $578.64 billion in 2025. The 2025 total gains of the 10 richest people in the world outdid the $518 billion gained by the group in 2024. Here are the top 10 richest people in the world at the end of 2025, as reported by Bloomberg, with their 2025 gains: Elon Musk: $619 billion, +$187 billion Larry Page: $269 billion, +$101 billion Jeff Bezos: $253 billion, +$14.6 billion Sergey Brin: $250 billion, +$91.8 billion Larry Ellison: $247 billion, +$55.2 billion Mark Zuckerberg: $233 billion, +$26.0 billion Bernard Arnault: $208 billion, +$31.6 billion Steve Ballmer: $168 billion, +$21.9 billion Jensen Huang: $154 billion, +$40.1 billion Warren Buffett: $151 billion, +$9.44 billion Just missing out on the top 10 was Michael Dell, who recently pledged a portion of his fortune to help fund the Trump Accounts with money for young children. Together, the top 10 billionaires ended 2025 worth $2.55 trillion, which would rank as the fifth-largest company in the world. To put the huge wealth of the group in perspective, the 10 individuals are now worth more than the wealth of Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META), $1.66 trillion, and Walmart (NASDAQ:WMT), $888 billion, combined, with those two companies totaling $2.548 trillion in valuation. The $578.6 billion gained would rank 18th among publicly traded companies and is higher than the valuations of many well-known companies. To put the gains in perspective, the $578.64 billion is greater than the following: Valuation of Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL), $560 billion Valuation of Netflix (NASDAQ:NFLX), $397 billion, and AT&T (NYSE:T), $178 billion, combined: $575 billion Valuation of McDonald's Corp (NYSE:MCD), $218 billion, Walt Disney Co (NYSE:DIS), $205 billion and Sony Group Corp (NYSE:SONY), $154 billion, combined: $577 billion Valuation of McDonald's, $218 billion, and Home Depot (NYSE:HD), $343 billion, combined: $561 billion The 10 billionaires on the list each gained an average of $57.86 billion and unlike some past years, all 10 had positive changes to their wealth for the full year.