Elon Musk named No. 1 richest person in the world But the billionaire’s total assets declined.

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Forbes magazine The world’s richest person 2022 released on Tuesday, April 5, 2022. The total wealth of billionaires around the world is slightly lower from a previous year’s record of $13.1 trillion. to $12.7 trillion Following the plunging of global stock markets since Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine.

Forbes also found that The number of billionaires worldwide fell 87 to 2,668, with Russian billionaires dropping 34 due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. with heavy sanctions from the West Heavy impact on the Russian stock market and the ruble This caused the Russian billionaire’s total assets to drop by more than $260 billion. compared to last year

The drop in the number of billionaires was the biggest since the 2009 financial crisis, but in 2021 the number of global economies has increased by more than 600 as the economy recovers after the coronavirus pandemic. -19

Personally, Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, has been named the richest person in the world by Forbes for the first time. with total assets of $219 billion increased from the previous year by 68 billion US dollars After Tesla shares soared in contrast to Amazon’s falling shares and charitable donations, Jeff Bezos dropped to second with $171 billion.

Forbes stated that Bezos donated more than $1.5 billion to charity. But it can’t compare to his ex-wife, Ms. Mackenzie Scott. Her $25 billion donation to 1,250 organizations in less than two years has dropped her from 22nd richest person in the world to 30 with a total of $4.36 billion.

Also on the list were 169 billionaires for the first time last year, including exercise bike owner John Foley, Peloton, and Whitney Wolf Heard, who was also named. Dating app Bumble was founded, but it also brought in 236 new billionaires for the first time, including famous singer Rihanna, Lord of the movies director Peter Jackson. Ring and businessman Joshua Kushner

Barbados, Bulgaria, Estonia and Uruguay also had billionaires topping the list for the first time.

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