The Top 10 Richest People In The World | October 2025
Forbes Daily Briefing
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🗓️ 2 October 2025
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U.S. stock markets hit new all-time highs in September. But three of the ten wealthiest people on the planet are still poorer than a month ago.
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| 0:00.0 | Here's your Forbes Daily Briefing for Thursday, October 2nd. |
| 0:05.4 | Today on Forbes, the top 10 richest people in the world, October 2025. |
| 0:12.6 | The world's top 10 richest people got $201 billion richer in September, as U.S. stock markets hit new all-time highs during the month. |
| 0:22.9 | As a group, this elite subset of Forbes's billionaires list is now worth $2.3 trillion |
| 0:29.1 | combined, and all but three of them are wealthier than they were at the end of August. |
| 0:35.3 | Our top 10 richest people on Earth list is as of October 1st, 2025 at 12 a.m. Eastern |
| 0:42.3 | time. |
| 0:43.3 | As a reminder, stock prices fluctuate routinely, so the net worths on our list may change on a daily |
| 0:49.3 | basis. |
| 0:50.3 | Forbes tracks the daily changes on our real-time list of billionaires. |
| 0:57.3 | Forbes has been keeping track of the world's billionaires since 1987. |
| 1:02.8 | In April 2025, we found 3,028 of them for our annual list. |
| 1:08.0 | The world's two richest people, Elon Musk and Larry Ellison, were also the two biggest gainers, accounting for nearly three |
| 1:11.9 | quarters of the top 10's total increase in wealth. |
| 1:15.7 | Musk added $75.2 billion to his fortune, as Tesla's stock soared by 33%, helping Musk secure |
| 1:23.0 | the number one spot for the 17th straight month. |
| 1:27.0 | With a $490. billion dollar fortune as of October |
| 1:30.5 | 1st at 12 a.m. Eastern, Musk was within spitting distance of becoming the first person ever worth |
| 1:36.6 | half a trillion dollars. In fact, on Wednesday, Musk briefly did become the first person |
| 1:43.0 | ever worth $500 billion, per Forbes's |
| 1:46.0 | real-time billionaire's tracker. |
| 1:48.4 | Shares of Tesla climbed by nearly 4% as of 3.30 p.m. Eastern Wednesday, adding an estimated |
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