Did you know that Bill Gates was the world’s richest man for almost 20 years? It is 2023, and the world’s richest man according to Forbes, is Bernard Anault, with a network of $239.6 Billion. He recently dethroned Elon Musk who had beaten Jeff Bezos to the title in 2021.
Before Jeff Bezos in 2017/2018, Bill Gates had held the title for over 18 years. The co-founder of Microsoft holds the record for the longest charting World’s Richest Man.
Forbes first listed Gates as a billionaire in 1987. According to Forbes, he was the richest person in the world from 1995 through 2017. However, he lost his “world richest person” status in 2008 as well as in 2010-2013.
This was largely due to the $55 Billion he donated to the Gates Foundation, whereby he was overtaken as the world’s richest person in 2018 by Jeff Bezos. Fast forward to 2023, Jeff Bezos is now the 3rd richest man in the worlr, whereas Bill Gates now occupies the 6th spot.
