Forbes: Arnault confirms himself as the richest in the world, Ferrero (26th) first Italian

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Frenchman Bernard Arnault, head of the luxury multinational LVMH, confirms himself as the richest person in the world, according to Forbes’ annual ranking. His assets are estimated at 233 billion dollars, 22 billion more than in 2023, thanks to another record year for his conglomerate, which owns iconic brands such as Louis Vuitton and Tiffany & Co. Behind him, Elon Musk (Tesla) with 195 billion and Jeff Bezos (Amazon) with 194 billion. The richest Italian remains Giovanni Ferrero, head of the group of the same name, which occupies 26th position with 43.8 billion dollars in assets. The second richest in Italy is Andrea Pignataro with 27.5 billion (65th in the general ranking), followed by Giorgio Armani with 11.3 billion (177th position).

Among those with assets over a billion dollars, the youngest is 19-year-old Brazilian heiress Livia Voigt. Granddaughter and heir of the founder of the Weg-Werner electrical machinery and equipment company Ricardo Voigt – the young she takes the place of the Italian Clemente Del Vecchio, the youngest of the six children of Leonardo, founder of Luxottica. Thanks to the same portion of the inheritance received upon the death of the 85-year-old entrepreneur – 3% – Livia’s 26-year-old sister, Dora Voigt, also returned to the Forbes list. Both have a fortune of $1.1 billion and have no role in the company. Two other heirs of the family appear in the new entry in the list of “scrooges”. They are Eduardo Voigt Schwartz and Mariana Voigt Schwartz Gomes, with assets of 1.3 billion dollars achieved mainly thanks to the 4% of the Weg shares they inherited.

According to Forbes calculations, there are 2,871 billionaires, 141 more than in 2023, and they are worth 14,200 billion dollars, or 2,000 billion more than last year.