The fortune of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is estimated at $177 billion, which is far ahead of the rest. Forbes’s annual list of billionaires includes a record 2755 people, led by the founder of Amazon, who for the fourth year in a row is officially the richest man in the world.
People who individually have more than a billion dollars together have 13 trillion dollars, which means that they earned 5 trillion during the pandemic, compared to 8 trillion dollars last year.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk climbed from 31st to second place and his fortune is estimated at $155 billion.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk
More than half of the world’s wealth is in the hands of the top 20 billionaires on the Forbes list
Bernard Arnault CEO of LVMH, Founder of Microsoft – Bill Gates and the owner of Facebook – Mark Zuckerberg is also among the top five richest people in the world.
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Bernard Arnault CEO of LVMH, Founder of Microsoft – Bill Gates and the owner of Facebook – Mark Zuckerberg
