2024-04-04 13:10:26
With $2.1 billion each brothers Domuschievi are #1545 in Forbes ranking
A record number of billionaires in 2024, and richer than ever before. This was reported in the elite ranking of “Forbes” magazine, in which the fortunes of the wealthiest people in the world are announced every year. In just 1 year, the list has swelled by 141 people to a record 2,781 billionaires, surpassing the achievement of 2021 by 26.
The wealth of the rich reaches a total of $14.2 trillion. and is $2 trillion more than m.y. The accumulation of assets is due to the fact that the world’s stock markets ignore war, political unrest and inflation, as
instead of the market to cool down reach new peaks
with each passing day.
Two-thirds of those on the list have increased their wealth compared to last year, and only a quarter have become poorer. The top 20 on the list have added a total of $700 billion to their fortunes since 2023. And the USA can boast of a record 813 billionaires.
Pop star Taylor Swift was among them for the first time. With $1.1 billion, she became the first singer to reach the “rich club” with music earnings alone. There are other musicians on the list like Rihanna and Jay-Z, but they also rely on other businesses.
The eternal struggle for the first place in the ranking is between the Frenchman Bernard Arnault, who owns the conglomerate LVMH, and Elon Musk – founder of “SpaceX” and “Tesla”. With Tesla’s stock continuing to tumble, however, Arno convincingly wins the top spot on the list with $233 billion, while the American has $195 billion.
The richest woman in the world remains the owner of “L’Oreal” Françoise Bettencourt Meyers with $ 99.5 billion.
The youngest billionaire in the world is 19-year-old Livia Voight from Brazil. She is the heiress of her late grandfather – co-founder of the electrical equipment manufacturer WEG. The girl is still in college, but she owns $1.1 billion.
The Bulgarian businessmen brothers Kiril and Georgi Domuschievi are in the ranking of “Forbes”. The two are in 1,545th place, with each of them owning $2.1 billion. Robinhood co-founder Vlad Tenev, a native of Varna, is also on the list in the 2,545th position with $1.2 billion.
The divided stock market skyrocketed the price of the shares of the Russian oil company “Lukoil”, and its founder – Vagit
Alekperov, stana the richest Russian
He climbed 5 positions, and in just one year his wealth has swelled by 8.1 billion and is estimated at $ 28.6 billion.
The Bayraktar brothers – one of whom is the son-in-law of Turkish President Recep Erdogan – also became billionaires from the war. Selcuk and Haluk Bayraktar own $1.2 billion and $1.1 billion, respectively.