As of March 2023, the richest person in the world is Bernard Arnault, as he and his family have a net worth of $214.4 billion. As the CEO, founder, and chairman of beauty empire LVMH, his has amassed his fortune after originally buying Christian Dior in 1985 for $15 million, and maximizing his profits. From the team at Madison Trust comes this new infographic that uses data from Forbes Real-Time Billionaires List (specifically as of March 7, 2023), to determine this ranking of the countries around the world ranked by the net worth of their richest person.
According to the data, other countries that placed high because of their wealthiest individuals included second-ranked Elon Musk (of the United States) with a net worth of $186.1 billion, third-ranked Carlos Slim Helu and his family of Mexico (with a net worth of $92.7 billion), and fourth-ranked Mukesh Ambani of India (with a net worth of $86.5 billion).
Infographic by: madisontrust