How do Formula 1 billionaires rank on the Forbes ? To start with, none make it into the top 100 of the list, topped by Elon Musk and the usual mega-rich suspects. Maverick businessman and astute investor, as well as social media troll, South African X-owner (formerly Twitter) Musk is known for his key roles in the space company SpaceX and the automotive company Tesla, Inc. Musk is the world’s richest person, whose worth is staggeringly obscene at $262-Billion, followed by Jeff Bezos at $208-Billion, Mark Zuckerberg at $203-Billion, Bernard Arnault at $196-Billion, Larry Ellison at $180-Billion, and rounding out the half-dozen wealthiest is Bill Gates at $162-Billion.
Of the F1 billionaires, among the most famous being the late Dietrich Mateschitz, whose Red Bull company turned his F1 dream into a reality and with it launched one of the most powerful motor racing empires in the sport’s history, the . Mateschitz’s 32-year-old son inherited his father’s wealth when he passed away in 2021 and thus tops the list of billionaires with substantial interests in Formula 1. inherited 49% of Red Bull’s parent company following the passing of his father, Dietrich Mateschitz, in 2022, has recently been recognised as the world’s wealthiest young billionaire by magazine.
Mateschitz, whose late father founded Red Bull’s Formula 1 team, has also made his entrepreneurial mark, launching an energy drinks company, Thalheimer Heilwasser GmbH, in 2018. , co-owner of the Alfa Romeo For.
