The BILLIONAIRE Throne: Richest People in the World (1987 - 2030)

Watch the dramatic history of the world's richest people unfold over the last 30 years. From the Dot-com boom and the 2008 Financial Crisis to the rise of Tech giants and the AI revolution of today, this data visualization ranks the billionaires by net worth, adjusted for inflation and stock market fluctuations. This video shows how their money and wealth have changed through history.

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👥 featured Billionaires & Their Stories
Here is a breakdown of the key figures mentioned in the timeline, including how they made (or lost) their fortunes.

Bill Gates - Co-founder of Microsoft
Built his fortune creating Windows, the PC standard. Secured royalties on almost every computer sold globally for decades.

Elon Musk - Paypal, Tesla, SpaceX
Wealth skyrocketed by mass-producing EVs at Tesla, the most valuable car company. Also dominates space with SpaceX satellites and rockets.

Jeff Bezos - Amazon founder
Started selling books from a garage; built the largest e-commerce empire. Revolutionized logistics to create the world's "everything store."

Mark Zuckerberg - Facebook founder
Created a social platform connecting billions. Wealth comes from a massive ad engine targeting users via data; recently pivoted to AI.

Bernard Arnault - LVMH (Louis Vuitton, Dior, Moët, TAG Heuer & more)
The "Wolf in Cashmere" built a fortune aggressively acquiring luxury brands like Dior. Generates huge margins selling to wealthy consumers.

Warren Buffett - Legendary investor.
Builds wealth through long-term investing, unlike tech founders. Buys stakes in profitable, stable firms like Coca-Cola for steady cash flow.

Ingvar Kamprad - IKEA founder
Revolutionized furniture with flat-packs, cutting shipping costs. Amassed wealth selling affordable furnishings to the masses with high efficiency.

The Albrecht Brothers - Aldi founders
Turned a small German store into a global discount giant. Fortune came from extreme efficiency, undercutting competitors to attract budget shoppers.

Paul Reichmann - Real estate developer
Built office towers in New York and Toronto. Empire collapsed after taking too much debt for the failed 'Canary Wharf' project.

Yoshiaki Tsutsumi - Real Estate & Railways
Controlled railways and hotels. Was richest man due to real estate holdings during the Japanese bubble; lost it when values crashed.

Carlos Slim - América Móvil
Built wealth by acquiring a telecom monopoly. Profited from nearly every phone call made in Mexico, generating massive revenue.

Larry Ellison - Oracle founder
Made fortune selling database software to corporations. Wealth surged recently as his tech became critical for data centers powering AI.

Sam Walton - Walmart founder
Built a retail empire with massive stores. Wealth came from high volume, negotiating low costs to sell cheaper than any competitor.

Amancio Ortega - Zara founder
Invented "fast fashion," building a global empire. Wealth comes from shipping new trends to stores in weeks, far faster than competitors.

Larry Page & Sergey Brin - Google founders
Created the dominant search engine. Immense wealth comes from their ad platform, capturing a huge share of global digital marketing spend.

Masayoshi Son - SoftBank founder
Risk-taking investor who struck gold with Alibaba. Famous for losing huge sums, seeing net worth plunge $70 billion when the Dot-com bubble burst.

Gautam Adani - Infrastructure Indian industrialist
Built a fortune controlling infrastructure like ports and coal mines. Now pivoting his conglomerate to dominate green energy.

Eike Batista - Entrepeneur in Oil & Mining
Briefly world's 7th richest by promising massive oil reserves. Empire collapsed when fields failed to produce and he couldn't repay debts.

Steve Ballmer - Former Microsoft CEO
A rare billionaire employee. Wealth comes from early profit-sharing and stock options held while the company grew into a giant.

Mukesh Ambani - Reliance Industries
Inherited a textile business but exploded wealth building the largest oil refinery. Later disrupted telecom with Jio, gaining millions of subscribers.

Michael Dell - Dell founder
Started selling computers from a dorm room. Made money selling custom PCs directly. Wealth surged recently due to demand for AI servers.

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