For the first time, US citizens occupied all the top 10 spots on Bloomberg’s billionaire ranking, according to the agency’s website.
French luxury goods magnate Bernard Arnault has dropped out of the top 10 richest people in the world, making way for 96-year-old investor Warren Buffett, whose fortune is estimated at 144 billion dollars.
Entrepreneur Elon Musk, with 919 billion, topped the list by a landslide. Google co-founder Larry Page came in second with 286 billion. Amazon founder Jeff Bezos rounded out the top three with 274 billion dollar.
From 4th to 10th place are Google co-founder Sergey Brin ($266 billion), Dell founder Michael Dell (245 billion), head of the Meta corporation (recognized as extremist in Russia and banned) Mark Zuckerberg (229 billion), Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison (208 billion), Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang (181 billion), and former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer (172 billion).
According to Altrata analysts, Russia will rank fourth in the world in terms of billionaires by 2025. Experts noted that the number of Russian billionaires increased by 18% over the past year, reaching 151 individuals. The growth in wealth among wealthy Russians was fueled by favorable exchange rates and interest rates, as well as increased revenues from commodities (excluding oil) amid a shift in trade toward Asia, the company explained.
The top three places by billionaires were taken by the United States, China, and Germany. Overall, the number of billionaires worldwide reached a record 3795, with their combined wealth estimated at 15.1 trillion dollar.
