The General Director of Tesla and Space X Elon Musk, with a property worth $ 419.4 billion, was recognized as the richest man in the world in the “Wall Street Journal” ranking. He overtook Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon, who took second place with a property of $ 263.8 billion.
On Tuesday, the American daily published a list of 24 supermiliarders for the first time, i.e. all people in the world whose property value exceeds $ 50 billion. The data comes from Altrat analyzes, a company tracking global wealth.
The richest of the richest
According to WSJ, Supermiliarders have over 16 percent. the total property of billionaires in the world, which is a significant increase in only 4 percent. In 2014, total estates of the richest 24 people reached $ 3.3 trillion. This value is comparable to the nominal GDP France. In this group, 16 people have reached the status of centimeters, each of which has at least $ 100 billion.
Elon MuskWill Oliver/Pool/PAP/EPA
According to the newspaper, Musk's estate is over two million times larger than the average American family. Last week, Bloomberg estimated that the value of his enterprises increased by $ 613 billion. after victory Donald Trump In the presidential election in November 2024, this amount includes expected investments, i.e. financial transactions that have not yet been implemented, but are planned. Musk currently plays the role of Trump's adviser.
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Bezos on the second and Bernard Arnault on the third
Behind Jeff Bezos, who came second on the WSJ list, was Bernard Arnault, the owner of the luxury giant Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy with property of $ 238.9 billion. The top five also found the president of Oracle Larry Ellison ($ 237 billion) and an entrepreneur and creator of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg ($ 220.8 billion).
The ranking also included three women: Alice Walton, a heir to the Walmart Fortune ($ 110.2 billion), Julia Koch, who inherited the property from the deceased husband of the founder of the American corporation of KOD Inc. ($ 65.1 billion), Francoise Bettencourt Meyers, granddaughter of the founder of L'Oreal ($ 61.9 billion).
The list is closed by the richest Chinese Zhong Shanshan, founder and president of a company producing Nongf Spring drinks ($ 57.7 billion), and Prajogo Pangestu, Indonesian entrepreneur Barito Pacific Timber ($ 55.4 billion).
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