The only person on the Jan. 29 list who has gained more in 2024 than Gautam Adani and Mukesh Ambani is Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Though fifth on the world’s richest person list, Zuckerberg has added a whopping $16.5 billion to his net worth this year already.
He’d still need $59 billion to surpass Musk, but as Elon has lost $25 billion in January already, that could, technically, only take a couple other good months (or bad months, depending on who you’re rooting for).
Zuck’s got a lot of luck on his side, too—the Facebook wunderkind dropped out of Harvard and still managed to nab the hat. Who knows what’s in store.