Who is the richest person in the world?

Elon Musk is the richest person in the world as of 2022 with a staggering net worth of $219 billion. He passed Amazon founder Jeff Bezos at the top of the list in 2022 after moving up from second place in 2021. Musk is the richest individual on both Forbes' Real-Time Billionaires List and the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, despite the fact that his current net worth varies. Among other businesses, Musk is the founder of SpaceX, The Boring Company, PayPal, and the brain technology firm Neuralink.