Many people dream of becoming a billionaire, but it's a world so beyond the imagination of most that we can’t begin to guess how people gained so much wealth. This infographic from Madison Trust can help answer some of these questions. It visualizes who the wealthiest person in the world was every year since 1900. Something that stands out is that once someone makes the list, they often stay at #1 for a couple of years. What do these wealthy people own that earned them billions? What industries do the wealthiest work in? Let’s take a look at what each one owns:
- Bernard Arnault: Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton and subsidiaries
- Elon Musk: SpaceX, Tesla, SolarCity, Tesla Energy, Neuralink, The Boring Company, Twitter
- Jeff Bezos: Amazon, Whole Foods, Zappos, Twitch, Ring, Audible, The Washington Post, Blue Origin, Bezos Expeditions
- Bill Gates: Microsoft, Activision, Fungible, GitHub, LinkedIn
- Carlos Slim: America Movil, Grupo Carso and subsidiaries
- Warren Buffet: Berkshire Hathaway and subsidiaries
- Sam Walton (i.e. Walton family): Wal-Mart
- Yoshiaki Tsutsumi: Seibu Railway, Seibu Holdings
- J.Paul Getty: Getty Oil, Getty Inc. and subsidiaries
- Henry Ford: Ford Motors Company
- John D. Rockefeller: Standard Oil Company
- Andrew Carnegie: Carnegie Steel Corporation
Infographic by: madisontrust
