Look: Billionaires who earned the most in first half of 2023

The world's 500 richest people added $852 billion to their fortunes in the first half of 2023. Each member of the Bloomberg Billionaires Index made an average of $14 million per day over the past six months, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. It was the best half-year for billionaires since the back half of 2020, when the economy rebounded from a Covid-induced slump. Here are the top 10 gainers in the first half of this year:

1. Elon Musk | Total net worth: $234 billion | Gain in 2023: $96.6 billion | Company: Tesla, SpaceX, Twitter

2. Mark Zuckerberg | Total net worth: $104 billion | Gain in 2023: $58.9 billion | Company: Meta Platforms

3. Jeff Bezos | Total net worth: $154 billion | Gain in 2023: $47.4 billion | Company: Amazon

4. Larry Ellison | Total net worth: $133 billion | Gain in 2023: $40.8 billion | Company: Oracle

5. Bernard Arnault | Total net worth: $200 billion | Gain in 2023: $38.2 billion | Company: LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton

6. Steve Ballmer | Total net worth: $118 billion | Gain in 2023: $32.3 billion | Company: Microsoft (former CEO)

7. Larry Page | Total net worth: $110 billion | Gain in 2023: $26.7 billion | Company: Alphabet

8. Sergey Brin | Total net worth: $104 billion | Gain in 2023: $24.7 billion | Company: Alphabet

9. Bill Gates | Total net worth: $134 billion | Gain in 2023: $24.4 billion | Company: Microsoft

10. Jensen Huang | Total net worth: $37.9 billion | Gain in 2023: $24.1 billion | Company: Nvidia