5 Emiratis on the “Forbes” list of the world’s wealthy people in 2025

The number of billionaires around the world increased on the “Forbes” list for the world’s wealthy in 2025 to reach a record number of 3028 people, an increase of 247 people from last year, to be the first time that the number exceeds the 3,000 barrier.

16.1 trillion dollars

The wealth of wealthy people on the current list amounted to $ 16.1 trillion, an increase of a trillion dollars from last year, which exceeds the gross domestic product of all countries of the world except for the United States and China. The average wealth now reached 5.3 billion dollars, an increase of 200 million dollars over 2024.

For the first time, the fortunes of three people exceeded the barrier of 200 billion dollars, to join the elite group, which includes 15 billionaires in the 100 billion dollar club, where the net wealth of each of them exceeds 100 billion dollars.

This is a remarkable achievement compared to only 14 members last year, while there was no member of this category in 2017.

The combined wealth of these 15 billionaires is about 2.4 trillion dollars, more than a total of 1500 billionaires of lower wealth in the list combined.

The richest person in the world

Elon Musk came first as the richest person in the world, with a fortune estimated at $ 342 billion.

Although a large part of his (already divided) time is allocated to the head of the Ministry of Government efficiency aimed at reducing costs within the management of President Trump, Musk added 147 billion dollars to his wealth during the past year, thanks to an exceptional year for “SpaceX” and the xi artificial intelligence company (which merged with the social media giant x last week).

Even Tesla, despite recent protests and sales in the stock market, is trading above last year.

UAE rich

5 Emiratis resolved in the “Forbes” list for the richest world in the year 2025, and the list came as follows:
1- Hussein Sajani
Wealth: 10.2 billion dollars

2- Abdullah Al -Futtaim
Wealth: $ 4.7 billion

3- Abdullah Al -Ghurair
Wealth: $ 4.6 billion

4- Hussein bin Ghati
Wealth: $ 2.5 billion

5- Muhammad Al-Abbar
Wealth: $ 2.3 billion

New expatriates
Join 288 new faces to the annual billionaire list this year. Among them, we find celebrities such as rock star Bruce Springstein ($ 1.2 billion), the movie star Arnold Schwarzenegger ($ 1.1 billion), and comedian Jerry Sinfield ($ 1.1 billion).

Justin Sun Currency Pole classification ($ 8.5 billion), and a number of artificial intelligence pioneers such as Anthropic, Kore Wif, Dib Seick, as well as major entrepreneurs behind famous restaurant chains such as Cava, Chipotle, Jersey Mike and Zaxby’s.