# @forbes on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DVyJs6LjY8A
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/59245159-forbes-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-03-12T12:01:13.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Forbes (@Forbes) — https://gondola.cc/Forbes

## Caption

Elon Musk is on the verge of becoming the first ever trillionaire, but he wasn't always at the top of our annual #ForbesBillionaires list.⁣
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It wasn’t long ago that Musk overtook Amazon’s Jeff Bezos to rank No. 1 on our global billionaires list for the first time ever, in 2022, with an estimated $219 billion fortune. ⁣
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Musk’s reign didn’t last long back then: he dropped to No. 2 behind LVMH’s Bernard Arnault on both our 2023 and 2024 rankings. ⁣
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Even last year, when Musk reclaimed the top spot with an estimated $342 billion fortune, he was still only $126 billion richer than his runner-up at the time, Mark Zuckerberg. ⁣
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Now, Musk is truly in a league of his own and the prospect of him ever being overtaken again as the world’s richest person seems increasingly less likely. ⁣
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Read more about the world’s richest person at the link in our bio.

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