Forbes 2023 World Billionaires List Released
This year, there are 2,640 people on the Forbes World’s Billionaires List.
Almost half of the world’s billionaires are poorer than last year.
28 billionaires left the list, 150 new billionaires arrived.
While the number of billionaires worldwide fell for the second year in a row (from 2,668 in 2022 to 2,640 this year), the total wealth of billionaires fell by $500 billion to $12.2 trillion due to turbulent times in the markets.
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The biggest 12-month gains among the ultra-rich are Spanish retailer Amancio Ortega (+$17.7bn), Chinese e-commerce giant Colin Zheng Huang (+$18.9bn) and Indonesian coal magnate Low Tuck Kwong (+ 21.800 million). dollars) has achieved names like.
Amancio Ortega
However, Bernard Arnault was the billionaire who did best in 2022. Arnault, owner of luxury goods makers like LVMH, pushed LVMH shares to new heights with record sales and profits. With an estimated net worth of $211 billion, Arnault has added $53 billion to his fortune, an 18% rise in LVMH shares in the past year, earning more than any other billionaire in the world and topping the list.
MUSK RELEASED
Elon Musk, who was in first place last year, fell to second place this year. Shares of electric car maker Tesla fell nearly 50% after Twitter’s $44 billion acquisition announcement in April 2022.
Elon Musk
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos experienced a loss similar to Musk’s fortune. Bezos is $57 billion poorer since 2022 due to a 38% drop in the e-commerce giant’s shares, putting him in third place with a net worth of $114 billion. Larry Ellison ($107 billion net worth), co-founder of software giant Oracle, ranked fourth globally, while investment legend Warren Buffett ($106 billion) ranked fifth.
NEW BILLIONAIRE
Basketball player LeBron James and golfer Tiger Woods are among the 150 new billionaires with a combined fortune of $344 billion. In addition to Woods and James, the list also includes Toto Wolff, owner of the Mercedes AMG-Petronas Formula 1 team, with a billion-dollar fortune.
Tom Ford, who sold his clothing, fragrance, cosmetics and skincare businesses to Estée Lauder for $2.8 billion, is also on the list.
The richest new billionaire is Mark Mateschitz, who inherited 49 percent of energy drink giant Red Bull and has an estimated net worth of $37.4 billion. His father became the richest person in Austria and the 37th richest person in the world after co-founder Dietrich Mateschitz died in October.
Among the new women billionaires is Rohiqa Cyrus Mistry, widow of Cyrus Mistry, former head of the Indian conglomerate Tata Sons. His wife’s fortune is estimated at $7 billion. In total, only 27 of the new billionaires are women.
92 new billionaires started their own businesses and created their own fortunes instead of inheriting. The country that added the most new billionaires to the list this year was the United States, with 51 new entrants.
Toto Wolff