A centibillionaire is someone with a net worth of 100 billion (100,000,000,000) or more units of a given currency, generally of major world currencies such as the United States dollar, euro or pound sterling. [1] This neologism is, however, a misnomer, being based upon an incorrect application of measurement prefixes. [lower-alpha 1]
The following is a list of everyone who has ever been a centibillionaire.
Year reached | Name | Territory/nationality | Reference |
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1999 | Bill Gates | United States | [2] |
2017 | Jeff Bezos | United States | [2] |
2020 | Bernard Arnault | France | [1] |
Elon Musk | United States/ South Africa | [1] | |
Mark Zuckerberg | United States | [1] | |
2021 | Mukesh Ambani | India | [3] |
Steve Ballmer | United States | [3] | |
Sergey Brin | United States | [3] | |
Warren Buffett | United States | [3] | |
Larry Ellison | United States | [3] | |
Larry Page | United States | [3] | |
2022 | Gautam Adani & family | India | [4] |
2023 | Carlos Slim Helu & family | Mexico | [5] [6] |
2024 | Michael Bloomberg | United States | [7] |
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