Sri Lanka, April 2 -- Elon Musk has regained his position as the world's richest individual on Forbes' annual billionaires list, despite facing some financial challenges and criticism for his involvement with the Trump administration.
Forbes' 39th annual World's Billionaires list, released on Tuesday, features 3,028 billionaires, marking the highest number of billionaires since the list's inception in 1987. This year's list includes a record 15 individuals with wealth exceeding 12 digits, a rise from the previous year. Collectively, these billionaires have a combined net worth of $16.1 trillion.
Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, and owner of X (formerly Twitter), saw his net worth surge by 75%, reaching approximately $342 billion. H...