Throat Elon MuskThe founder of “Tesla” company alone and without any competition as the richest man in the world with a net worth of $219 billion, following the share price of his electric car company rose 33%. Musk overtook Jeff Bezos, who fell to second place on the global list for the first time in four years, as a result of a 3% drop in Amazon stock and an increase in his charitable donations.
This came according to what was revealed by the annual list of “Forbes” for the year 2022, which includes 2,668 billionaires, a decrease of 87 billionaires compared to last year. The list witnessed the exit of regarding 329 people from the list, and the addition of 236 billionaires this year.
The list of the wealthy Arabs in 2022 did not change significantly from last year’s list. The 2022 list of the richest Arab billionaires saw their number drop from 22 to 21 billionaires, following the death of Emirati billionaire Majid Al Futtaim in December 2021. The wealthy Arabs witnessed a drop in their total wealth to $52.9 billion in 2022, compared to $53.4 billion in the previous year. For the fifth year in a row, Saudi billionaires were not included in the Forbes list.
And Nassef Sawiris preserved The top of the rich Arabswith a net worth of $7.7 billion, despite the decline in his fortune by regarding $600 million compared to 2021, which made him the biggest loser among the wealthy Arabs this year, following the share of Adidas, in which he owns a 6% stake, declined.
Billionaire Issad Rebrab and his family, the only billionaire from Algeria, came in second place, with a fortune estimated at $5.1 billion. While he was the chief Lebanese Minister Najib Mikati And his brother, Taha, is one of the biggest gainers this year, following their fortunes increased by 700 million dollars to reach 3.2 billion dollars.
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The UAE has 3 billionaires on the 2022 list, they are Hussain Sajwani, Abdullah bin Ahmed Al Ghurair and the family, and Abdullah Al Futtaim and the family. Morocco has Prime Minister Aziz Akhannouch, businessman and banker Othman Benjelloun and his family.