Arnold Schwarzenegger for the first time a billionaire: Forbes list for 2025 published

Arnold Schwarzenegger for the first time a billionaire: Forbes list for 2025 published

Vienna, Österreich - On April 1, 2025, Forbes released a new list of billionaires on which Arnold Schwarzenegger is listed for the first time. The former bodybuilder and Hollywood star has an estimated assets of $ 1.1 billion and is therefore one of the 3,028 billionaires that are recorded this year. This means an increase in 247 billionaires compared to the previous year, which raises the total number to a record value.

In the list, Elon Musk is at the top, with a fortune of $ 342 billion, which means an increase of 147 billion compared to the previous year. Musk, who was also the richest person in the world in 2023, continues to influence the markets with his companies such as SpaceX and Tesla. After him, Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Meta, follows $ 216 billion and Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon, with $ 215 billion.

new faces among the billionaires

The current list lists 288 new additions, with Musiker Bruce Springsteen in addition to Schwarzenegger with $ 1.2 billion. Mark Mateschitz also remains the richest Austrian, now with a fortune of $ 40.6 billion and thus ranks 38 of the overall ranking.

The proportion of women is also remarkable among the billionaires, which is 13.4%, which corresponds to 406 women. 75% of these women have inherited their assets. The richest woman is Alice Walton with $ 101 billion, followed by Françoise Bettencourt Meyers, who has $ 81.6 billion.

changes in the upper ranks

In the upper ranks there are also remarkable changes. Bernard Arnault, CEO of LVMH, fell to fifth place after his assets have dropped to $ 178 billion. With 902 billionaires, the United States remains the country with the most billionaires, followed by China with 516 and India with 205.

In this dynamic list, it is remarkable that 67% of the billionaires generated their own assets themselves. Among the youngest billionaires is Alexandr Wang at the age of 28 and a fortune of $ 2 billion, while Johannes von Baumbach has the title of the youngest billionaire at the age of 19 and $ 5.4 billion. The oldest billionaire is George Joseph, who has $ 1.9 billion at the age of 103.

Forbes has determined the assets based on stock market and exchange rates of March 7, 2025 and other assets. This list remains dynamic because analysts have already discovered three new billionaires after the publication. Interested parties can find more information about the current assets on the Forbes real-time billionaire page .