It’s been a bad year for billionaires: The net worth of the world’s 25 richest people plummeted by $200 billion.as reported by the annual list of billionaires Forbes.
According to this ranking, the richest people in the world are poorer this year. The most affected was the founder of Amazon, Jeff Bezoswho lost 57 billion dollars in the last 12 months, thanks to the collapse of 38% of the shares of the electronic commerce giant.
The other biggest loser on the list of Forbes He was nothing more and nothing less than the second richest man in the world: Elon Musk. The CEO of SpaceX, Tesla and Twitter lost $39 billion.
“Two people lost their spot in the top 25. Zhang Yiming, who founded TikTok parent Bytedance, dropped one spot, from No. 25 to No. 26, as his embattled company alienated investors. The founder of Binance, Changpeng Zhaoknown as CZ, fell from 19th place last year to 167th place in the middle of the crypto winter,” the publication noted.
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Despite these steep losses, some of the world’s richest people celebrated gains this year. bernard arnault, head of luxury goods giant LVMH, made $53 billion, more than any billionaire. This led him to become the richest man in the world again.
On the other hand, eight other members of the top 25 have enriched themselves since the 2022 ranking, including the Spanish retailer Amancio Ortega (earned $17.7 billion), Bloomberg LP co-founder and former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg (added 12,500 million dollars) and the Mexican telecommunications magnate Carlos Slim (received 11,800 million).
Two billionaires joined the top 25 this year: Canadian media mogul David Thomson and Nike co-founder Phil Knight.
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