The Richest People in the World | 1987 - 2025

Описание: The Richest People in the World | 1987 - 2025

Sources: Forbes, Fortune, Bloomberg

This animated chart traces the evolution of global wealth by showcasing the 15 richest people in the world from 1987 to 2025. Witness how shifting economies, technological breakthroughs, and political dynamics shaped the financial hierarchy of the world's wealthiest individuals over nearly four decades.

From the dominance of Japanese billionaires in the late 1980s to the explosive rise of tech moguls like Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, and Mark Zuckerberg, this video highlights the dramatic transformations of global capital. You'll also see the enduring power of family dynasties like the Waltons, Kochs, and Mars family, the emergence of Asian billionaires, and the growing influence of markets in China and India.

Whether you’re a finance enthusiast, a data nerd, or just curious about how fortunes rise and fall, this visual timeline reveals the dynamic race among billionaires for the top spot on Earth’s wealth leaderboard.

People who appear in the chart:

Al Waleed bin Talal
Alexei Mordashov
Alice Walton
Amancio Ortega
Anil Ambani
Anne Cox Chambers
Barbara Cox Anthony
Bass Family
Bernard Arnault
Bill Gates
Birgit Rausing
Brenninkmeyer family
Carlos Slim
Charles Koch
Christy Walton
Chung Ju-yung
du Pont Family
David Koch
David Thomson
Dorrance Family
Eike Batista
Eitaro Itoyama
Elon Musk
Engelhorn Curt
Erivan Haub
Fahd bin Abdulaziz
Forrest E. Mars Sr
Françoise Bettencourt
Gautam Adani
Gerard Mulliez
Giovanni Agnelli
Haas Family
Haniel Family
Haruhiko Yoshimoto
Helen Walton
Hirotomo Takei
Ingvar Kamprad
J. Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah
Jacqueline Mars
Jay Pritzker
Jeff Bezos
Jensen Huang
Jim Walton
John F Mars
John Thomas Walton
John Werner Kluge
Jorge Paulo Lemann
Julia Flesher Koch
Karl Albrecht
Keizo Saji
Kenkichi Nakajima
Kenneth Colin Irving
Kenneth Thomson
Khalid bin Mahfouz
Kitaro Watanabe
Kushal Pal Singh
Kwok Brothers
Lakshmi Mittal
Larry Ellison
Larry Page
Lee Shau Kee
Li Ka-shing
Liliane Bettencourt
Ma Huateng
MacKenzie Scott
Maktoum bin Rashid
Mark Zuckerberg
Masayoshi Son
Michael Bloomberg
Michael Dell
Mikhail Fridman
Mikhail Khodorkovsky
Minoru & Akira Mori
Muda H. Bolkiah
Mukesh Ambani
Oleg Deripaska
Pablo Escobar
Paul Allen
Paul Sacher
Phil Knight
Philip Anschutz
Quandt Family
Rausing Family
Reichmann Brothers
Rob Walton
Roman Abramovich
Ronald Perelman
S. and D. Newhouse
Sam Moore Walton
Sergey Brin
Sheldon Adelson
Shigeru Kobayashi
Shin Kyuk-ho
Silvio Berlusconi
Stefan Persson
Steve Ballmer
Suharto
Sumner Redstone
Susilo Wonowidjojo
Taikichiro Mori
Takenaka family
Tan Yu
Theo Albrecht
Tsai Wan-lin
Vladimir Lisin
Wang Jianlin
Warren Buffet
Yohachiro Iwasaki
Yoneichi Otani
Yoshiaki Tsutsumi
Zayed Bin Sultan
Zhong Shanshan

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