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00:00Today on Forbes…

00:02The Top 10 Richest People in the World June 2025

00:07Elon Musk added $36 billion to his fortune in May, as he stepped down from his distracting

00:13role as head of President Trump's Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE.

00:19That plus Tesla's announcement that the launch of its robo-taxi is scheduled for June, sent

00:23shares of Musk's most valuable asset soaring by 23% over the last month, further cementing

00:29Musk's status as the world's wealthiest person by far, worth an estimated $423 billion at

00:37the start of June.

00:39As a group, the Top 10 kick off June worth $1.9 trillion combined, up $140 billion since

00:47May 1st.

00:49Our Top 10 Richest People on Earth list is as of June 1st, 2025, at 12 a.m. Eastern Time.

00:56As a reminder, stock prices fluctuate routinely, so the net worths on our list may change on

01:01a daily basis.

01:03Forbes tracks the daily changes on our real-time list of billionaires.

01:07Forbes has been keeping track of the world's billionaires since 1987.

01:11In April 2025, we found 3,028 of them for our annual list.

01:17Musk isn't the only billionaire who got richer in May.

01:20In fact, 8 of the world's 10 wealthiest people saw their fortunes grow over the last month,

01:26including the next biggest gainer, Meta's Mark Zuckerberg.

01:30A $34 billion jump in Zuckerberg's fortune moved him up one spot to the world's second-richest

01:36person, with $224 billion, and overtaking Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.

01:43The Meta CEO grabbed the number 2 spot after his company's shares soared by 18%, despite

01:49an 11% increase in Amazon's stock price, which boosted Bezos' net worth by $19 billion to

01:55an estimated $220 billion, landing him in the number 3 spot.

02:01The rise in fortunes of the world's top 10 richest came as the Nasdaq and the S&P 500 rebounded

02:07from a volatile April.

02:09The stock indices climbed by 10% and 6% in May, respectively, as corporate earnings for

02:15the first quarter of 2025 came in better than expected.

02:20Tariff-related trade tensions eased between the US and key trading partners like the EU

02:24and the UK, and US consumer confidence improved moderately for the first time in six months.

02:31Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, ranked number 10 last month, overtook Spanish fast fashion

02:37mogul Amancio Ortega of Inditex, known for its Zara chain, to move into the number 9 spot.

02:44Ballmer's fortune grew by $15 billion to an estimated $133 billion, thanks to a 16% increase

02:51in Microsoft's stock price.

02:54America's net worth barely budged, inching up $600 million to an estimated $124 billion,

03:00as shares of Inditex remained relatively flat.

03:05Warren Buffett was this month's biggest loser.

03:07His fortune fell by $9 billion to an estimated $158 billion, due to a 5% slide in the shares

03:15of his conglomerate, Berkshire Hathaway.

03:18The decline came after the 94-year-old, who is known as the Oracle of Omaha, announced in

03:23early May his planned retirement as CEO at the end of this year.

03:28French luxury goods tycoon Bernard Arnault's net worth also dropped by $3 billion to an

03:33estimated $144 billion, as shares of his conglomerate, LVMH, dipped by 2%.

03:41Both Buffett and Arnault keep their spots from last month, at number 5 and 6, respectively.

03:47After Musk, Zuckerberg and Bezos in the 1-2-3 positions on our list, and at number 4, keeping

03:52his rank from the prior month, is Larry Ellison, the co-founder of software firm Oracle, with

03:58a net worth of $206 billion.

04:01Ellison's fortune rose by $29 billion in the past month, as shares of software firm Oracle

04:06soared by 18%.

04:09At number 7 and 8 are Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin, respectively.

04:15Page's fortune grew by $10 billion during May, as parent company Alphabet's shares climbed

04:20by more than 7%.

04:22Like Page, Brin's fortune also expanded in the past month, up $9 billion, as Alphabet shares

04:28rose.

04:30For full coverage, and to see the whole list, check out the Forbes Wealth Team's piece on

04:35Forbes.com.

04:38This is Kieran Meadows from Forbes, thanks for tuning in.

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