# Top 10 Billionaires' 2023 Wealth Explosion: $465B Gained, Surpassing Walmart

Elon Musk reclaimed the world's richest person title to end 2023, leading a historic wealth accumulation year for the ultra-wealthy. The top 10 billionaires collectively gained **$465.4 billion** in 2023—more than Walmart's entire market cap ($424.4B).

Here's the breakdown:

**Biggest Winners:**
- Elon Musk (Tesla): +$92.0B → $229B total
- Mark Zuckerberg (Meta): +$82.5B → $128B total
- Jeff Bezos (Amazon): +$69.9B → $177B total

**Full Top 10 Ranking:**
1. Musk - $229B
2. Bernard Arnault (LVMH) - $179B (+$17.0B)
3. Bezos - $177B
4. Bill Gates - $141B (+$31.5B)
5. Steve Ballmer - $131B (+$45.0B)
6. Zuckerberg - $128B
7. Larry Page - $126B (+$43.5B)
8. Larry Ellison - $123B (+$31.1B)
9. Sergey Brin - $120B (+$40.6B)
10. Warren Buffett - $120B (+$31.0B)

**The Numbers That Hit Different:**
- Combined top 10 wealth: **$1.47 trillion** (6th largest if it were a company)
- Average gain per billionaire: $46.5B
- SPY gained 24% in 2023 after dropping 19% in 2022—the stock market's comeback was real

**Context:** Beyond the top 10, NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang and former Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao were also major gainers. But not everyone won—Gautam Adani lost $36.2B, becoming 2023's biggest decliner among the ultra-wealthy.

The gap between the ultra-rich and everyone else just got wider.