The total wealth of the 500 richest people in the world grew in 2019 by $ 1.2 trillion (25%) and amounted to $ 5.9 trillion, follows from the data ratingBloomberg Billionaires Index (BBI). The richest Russians included in the rating became 21% richer, their combined fortune reached $ 51 billion.
As transmits Bloomberg, the growth leader was French businessman Bernard Arnault (brand owner Louis Vuitton, Hennessy, Christian Dior and Dom Perignon), who added $ 36.5 billion to his fortune over the year. Thanks to this, he became the third richest man in the world. The richest man – Amazon founder Jeff Bezos lost almost $ 9 billion, but this is due to his divorce from his wife. And Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates added $ 22.7 billion.
The top 5 richest people in the world look like this:
- Jeff Bezos – $ 116 billion (- $ 8.75 billion);
- Bill Gates – $ 113 billion (+ $ 23.1 billion);
- Bernard Arnault – $ 106 billion (+ $ 37.7 billion);
- Warren Buffett – $ 89.1 billion (+ $ 5.26 billion);
- Mark Zuckerberg – $ 79.4 billion (+ $ 27.4 billion).
The top 10 richest Russian businessmen look like this:
- Vladimir Potanin – $ 28.2 billion (+ $ 8.54 billion);
- Leonid Mikhelson – $ 24.6 billion (+ $ 5.20 billion);
- Vagit Alekperov – $ 22.3 billion (+ $ 6.22 billion);
- Vladimir Lisin – $ 21.3 billion (+ $ 3.46 billion);
- Alexey Mordashov – $ 20 billion (+ $ 2.51 billion);
- Gennady Timchenko – $ 18.2 billion (+ $ 4.35 billion);
- Alisher Usmanov – $ 16.7 billion (+ $ 2.51 billion);
- Roman Abramovich – $ 16.2 billion (+ $ 2.10 billion);
- Andrey Melnichenko – $ 15.3 billion (+ $ 2.83 billion);
- Victor Vekselberg – $ 14.8 billion (+ $ 1.67 billion).
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