According to Bloomberg’s top-500 billionaire list, which came out Wednesday, over the past year, the rich got even richer. Roughly 77% of the billionaires on the list enjoyed swelling fortunes over the year, although others, saw devastating losses.

At the top, Elon Musk continues to dominate the list, with an estimated net worth of $235 billion. First bumping e-retailer Amazon’s owner, Jeff Bezos out of the top spot in 2021, the billionaire from South Africa has held the spot ever since.

According to Bloomberg, Musk’s fortune grew by almost $98 billion this year. Although his social media platform, X, has struggled over the year, battling both various scandals and advertisers, Musk’s primary asset, Tesla, has grown steadily, cementing his position at the top of the list.

Currently in second place is Bernard Arnault, the CEO of the luxury brand LVMH (Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton), who came in with $179 billion. In third, is Bezos, with $178 billion.

Mark Zuckerberg, the owner of Meta, had the second-largest absolute growth in wealth this year, as his net worth surged by almost $83 billion. The growth was fueled by the surge of Meta following its 2022 collapse, and pushed him to sixth place on the list with $128 billion.

Within the top 15 on the list only one billionaire was worth less this year than last year. Gautam Adani, the Indian billionaire who chairs the Adani Group, lost roughly $36.3 billion, leaving him with only $84.3 billion, which bumped him out of the top-10 list.

The loss, which was the largest absolute loss in wealth of the year, occurred as a result of a scandal which erupted around Andani’s business empire earlier in the year, in the course of which he was accused of “pulling the largest con in corporate history” and “brazen stock manipulation.” He and his company have denied the allegations.

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