Taylor Swift has entered the ranks of the world’s wealthiest individuals, joining Elon Musk, according to a recently published list of the richest people. Swift made her debut on the Forbes World’s Billionaires List with a net worth of $1.1 billion, while Sam Altman, the creator of the AI chatbot ChatGPT, also entered the list with $1 billion.
Topping the chart are Bernard Arnault and his family, the French luxury goods magnates from LVMH, with an estimated wealth of $233 billion. Forbes reported a record number of 2,781 billionaires for 2024, an increase of 141 from the previous year and 26 more than the previous record set in 2021. The collective wealth of these billionaires has reached a new peak of $14.2 trillion, according to Forbes.