The Richest People In The World 1985 - 2023

Updated timeline of the world’s richest billionaires from 1985 to 2023. This list does not include members of royal families. Major asset or brand is highlighted as well. Data sources: Fortune Media Group, Forbes 400, Bloomberg Businessweek, CNN.

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[becurious_]

The jump of Tesla and consistency of Warren Buffet was impressive 😵

[drizzy]

The most impressive to me is Warren Buffet, he is the only person to stay on the list from beginning to end

[myautobiography]

Elon Musk goes from 51B to 195B in just three quarters, then from 315B to 132B in one year. That's one hell of a ride.

[AriannaAyers]

Taikichiro Mori, Tokyo Developer was the wealthiest man in the 1980s, as ranked by Forbes Magazine. The son of a rice farmer, he taught Economics until age 55, when he decided to quit his day job, and focus entirely on his side hustle, which was to slowly and with the consent and cooperation of locals, build Toyko into the gleaming modern metropolis it is today. He had seen, twice, the city destroyed by the 1923 Earthquake, and bombed in WW2. He would go on to architected the skyline of the Imperial City, changing small narrow streets where children would play hide, and seek, and spin tops as games, into neighborhood buildings unto themselves filled with apartments, offices, theaters, TV stations, shops and markets. Living modestly, he worked in a traditional kimono, and abstained from drink and tobacco. He is survived by several children, and a wife, when he died at age 88, a year after the Toyko real estate market, and its extraordinary prices, corrected itself.

[roshanbhatta]

Warren Buffet be like : Consistency is the key.

[jmoon]

Holy shit I didn't realize just how fast Elon went from nowhere to literally the richest man on earth in like a year

[michaelwayne]

What stands out most to me is Buffet's consistency, Musk rocketing up the list at incredible speed, and Louis Vuitton (Bernard Arnault) topping the list. I had no idea high fashion had sales like that. I'm so far from that world I guess.

[FeedDaMachine]

The amount of money they made during 2020 just shows the transfer of wealth that took place.

[purobarsa]

Warren Buffett has been always on the list ✅️

[shounakc]

I love how there’s all these companies and then two Indian flags, and then Warren Buffet’s face 😂

[SiegeDiaz]

When that Walmart guy fell off I was like "Whoah what happened?" and then "Oh he died.." LOL

[schao]

Steve Jobs never being on this list is shocking. His net worth was pretty low considering how much of a household name he was.

[_Killkor]

The friendly rivalry between Warren Buffett and Bill Gates is absolutely crazy, all those years they stayed on top.

[deanosmith]

Rob, Jim, Alice, Christy, and Lukas Walton have a combined net worth of roughly 230 Billion. If Sam Walton had just one Son or Daughter, that person would perpetually have been on top for most of this list.

[TheJakelop]

I held back subbing because you hadn't uploaded in 3 years. But I had to since you updated your channel.

[foolwitatool]

Great timeline video on all the richest people that we are allowed to talk about!

[CheeteshSharma]

Elon Musk went from not even being on the list to being the richest one in 100 billion$ in the lead in less than a minute

[j]

Stunning. Thank you for all your efforts in making these.🙌

[francescaa]

Love your channel. The idea of animating the data is so interesting.

[loviekahlon]

Most surprising was to me fashion brands louis vitton, Zara, l'oreal commodity, h&M .. i could never imagine that ...thanx for the knowledge..aankhe kholdi meri❤