The Top 10 Richest People in The World (December 2025)
There’s a new No. 2 on Forbes’ ranking of the world’s wealthiest people.
Elon Musk
Tesla approves Musk’s potential trillion-dollar payday
Tesla shareholders approved a compensation package Thursday for CEO Elon Musk that could be worth close to $1 trillion, a deal proposed by Tesla’s board as crucial to keeping the world’s richest man at the company, though the payment plan was challenged in recent weeks by some of the automaker’s largest shareholders.
Elon Musk’s $1 trillion pay plan: The case for magical thinking
Big funds, advisory firms and the Pope oppose the exorbitant plan. Approval means shareholders think the polarizing, distracted CEO can top past successes with an AI-powered strategy.
Elon Musk just became the first person ever worth $500 billion
Musk is now half-way to becoming the first ever trillionaire.
Elon Musk planned trip to Epstein’s private island, newly released documents show
Elon Musk previously broke with President Donald Trump in calling for the Epstein files to be released earlier this year.
Threads finally passes X—Zuckerberg’s 2-year-old platform passes Musk’s in daily users
While the number of daily active users for Threads has steadily grown in the two years since it launched, X’s numbers have declined considerably.
Tesla’s full-self driving software is a mess. Should it be legal?
Elon Musk hypes the AI-enabled system, and getting more people to buy it is key to his new pay package. But in a recent test, it ignored some street signs and squashed a mannequin child.
Charlie Kirk memorial: Trump says he’ll award Kirk Presidential Medal of Freedom
Erika Kirk, the slain activist’s widow who took over as CEO of Turning Point USA, will also address the crowd of mourners at State Farm Stadium.
Elon Musk’s xAI could be valued at $200 billion after $10 billion funding round, report says
Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence firm xAI will hold a funding round valuing the company at $200 billion, according to CNBC, keeping up with or nearing massive valuations from competitors like Anthropic and OpenAI.
Larry Ellison $110 billion richer—Challenges Musk for richest title
Economists were “blown away” by Oracle’s projections for AI growth: “We’re all kind of in shock, in a very, very good way.”