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The world's highest-paid actors revealed on Forbes' latest rich list<\/h3>\n

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The net worth of the world’s wealthiest surged to unprecedented levels in 2021. The top five wealthiest people on earth have a combined net worth of a whopping $699 billion. The vast majority of these billionaires come from the US and all of them are men. Here’s a list of the top five wealthiest people on the planet and how much their wealth surged by in 2021.<\/p>\n

Jeff Bezos<\/h2>\n

In the top spot as the wealthiest person in the world is Jeff Bezos with a staggering net worth of $177 billion. <\/p>\n

This is a huge jump from 2020 when his net worth was thought to be $113 billion according to Forbes. <\/p>\n

The American e-commerce tycoon made his billions through founding Amazon from his garage in 1994.<\/p>\n

Since then Amazon has gone from strength to strength and although he stepped down as CEO to become executive chairman on July 5, 2021, he still plays a major role in the company.<\/p>\n

He has now branched out into the world of space tourism founding the company Blue Origin, which aims to blast wannabe astronauts into space.<\/p>\n

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Elon Musk<\/h2>\n

The second wealthiest person in the world is Elon Musk. His wealth has leapt in recent years from just $24.6 billion in 2020 to $151 billion in 2021 according to Forbes.<\/p>\n

Mr Musk’s vast fortune comes primarily from his company Tesla. He co-founded the sought after electric car manufacturing company in 2003.<\/p>\n

Since then just like Jeff Bezos he has ventured into the space tourism sphere, by launching a rival company called SpaceX in 2002.<\/p>\n

Bernard Arnault<\/h2>\n

Bernard Arnault is a French businessman who oversees a vast empire 70 of luxury brands including Louis Vuitton and Sephora.<\/p>\n

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He follows closely behind Mr Musk with an eye-watering net worth of $150 billion.<\/p>\n

His net worth shot up from 2020 to 2021, as it climbed from $76 billion to $150 billion.<\/p>\n

Bill Gates<\/h2>\n

Bill Gates has been among the world’s richest people for decades, in fact, he was only knocked off the top spot as the world’s wealthiest person in 2018.<\/p>\n

According to Forbes he was the wealthiest man in the world from 1992 to 2017, although he briefly dipped to second place in 1993.<\/p>\n

Mr Gates earned the bulk of his vast fortune as CEO, chair, and chief software architect of Microsoft.<\/p>\n

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Despite divorcing his wife of 27 years, Mr Gates has still maintained a vast fortune.<\/p>\n

His split from Melinda Gates in 2021 is estimated to have cost him over $60 billion making it the largest divorce settlement in history.<\/p>\n

Unlike some of his wealthy counterparts, Mr Gates is known for his philanthropy as he donates a huge amount of his vast fortune to charity, he and his wife established the world largest private charitable foundation called the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.<\/p>\n

He said: “Money has no utility to me beyond a certain point. Its utility is entirely in building an organization and getting the resources out to the poorest in the world.”<\/p>\n

Mark Zuckerberg<\/h2>\n

Mark Zuckerberg is the fifth richest person in the world. The social media tycoon has amassed his huge fortune primarily through founding the social media network Facebook.<\/p>\n

He launched the site from his dormitory room at Harvard University in February 2004.<\/p>\n

He has an impressive net worth of $97 billion, which is a massive jump from the $54.7 billion he’s thought to have been worth in 2020 according to Forbes.<\/p>\n

But his social media platforms have come under scrutiny during the pandemic for spreading vaccine misinformation.<\/p>\n

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