Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk are some of the wealthier members of the superbillionaire's club, with net worths of more than $200 billion.
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In 2025 a new class of the ultra-rich has emerged: a group called the superbillionaires.
The Wall Street Journal has introduced 24 superbillionaires who each have direct personal residential real estate holdings of at least $50 billion (R933.17 billion), according to insight generated by Altrata.
Featured of the list are familiar faces such as Bill Gate, Warren Buffet and Mukesh Ambani.
Making up the list of the top five superbillionaires is Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Bernard Arnault, Lawrence Ellison and Mark Zuckerberg. All of these billionaires have an estimated net worth of more than $200 billion.
Four of the top five billionaires have key businesses in the technology space while Arnault is from luxury goods sector.
There are two families that are featured on the list including: the Koch family of Koch Industries and the Waltons from Walmart.
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Here is the full list of superbillionaires:
1. Elon Musk
Estimated net worth: $419.4 Billion
Key business: Tesla
2. Jeff Bezos
Estimated net worth: $263.8 billion
Key business: Amazon
3. Bernard Arnault
Estimated net worth: $238.9 billion
Key business: LVMH (Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton)
LVMH chairperson and CEO Bernard Arnault.
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4. Lawrence Ellison
Estimated net worth: $237 billion
Key business: Oracle
5. Mark Zuckerberg
Estimated net worth: $220.8 billion
Key business: Meta
6. Sergey Brin
Estimated net worth: $160.5 billion
Key business: Alphabet
7. Steven Ballmer
Estimated net worth: $157.4 billion
Key business: Microsoft
8. Warren Buffett
Estimated net worth: $154.2 billion
Key business: Berkshire Hathaway
Billionaire investor Warren Buffett has an estimated net worth of $154.2 billion.
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9. James Walton
Estimated net worth: $117.5 billion
Key business: Walmart
10. Samuel Robson Walton
Estimated net worth: $114.4 billion
Key business: Walmart
11. Amancio Ortega
Estimated net worth: $113 billion
Key business: Inditex
12. Alice Walton
Estimated net worth: $110 billion
Key business: Walmart
13. Jensen Huang
Estimated net worth: $108.4 million
Key business: NVIDIA
14. Bill Gates
Estimated net worth: $106 billion
Key business: Microsoft
15. Michael Bloomberg
Estimated net worth: $103.4 billion
Key business: Bloomberg
Michael Bloomberg has an estimated net worth of $103.4 billion.
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16. Lawrence Page
Estimated net worth: $100.9 billion
Key business: Alphabet
17. Mukesh Ambani
Estimated net worth: $90.6 billion
Key business: Reliance Industries
18. Charles Koch
Estimated net worth: $67.4 billion
Key business: Koch Industries
19. Julia Koch
Estimated net worth: $65.1 billion
Key business: Koch Industries
20. Francoise Bettencourt Meyers
Estimated net worth: $61.9 billion
Key business: L'Oreal
21. Gautam Adani
Estimated net worth: $60.6 billion
Key business: Adani Group
Indian billionaire Gautam Adani is a member of the superbillionaire club with an estimated net worth of $60.6 billion.
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22. Michael Dell
Estimated net worth: $59.8 billion
Key business: Dell Technologies
23. Zhong Shanshan
Estimated net worth: $57.7 billion
Key business: Nongfu Spring
24. Prajogo Pangestu
Estimated net worth: $55.4 billion
Key business: Barito Pacific
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