It now takes more than $ 100 billion to join the Top 10 of the world’s fortunes.
Elon Musk’s Fortune has grown 1631% in two years. (POOL / PATRICK PLEUL)
This is a first: the 10 largest fortunes in the world exceed all the 100 billion dollars, according to the Bloomberg billionaires ranking, relayed on Monday, January 3 by BFM Business . In 2019, only Jeff Bezos exceeded that amount.
This year, it is Elon Musk, the boss of Tesla and Space X who takes the first step of the podium, with a fortune of 277 billion dollars. In one year, he was enriched by 121 billion dollars. As of November, its assets briefly exceeded 300 billion. Considering that he only had $ 16 billion in 2019, his fortune increased by 1631% in two years, underlines BFM Business .
It must be said that the year 2021 was even more profitable for billionaires than the year 2020, which was already very good. Thereby, the world’s top 10 fortunes collectively grew by $ 402 billion.
Bernard Arnault, the only non-American in the ranking
In second position, we find the boss of Amazon, Jeff Bezos, dethroned in 2021. With 195 billion dollars, he only gained 5 billion dollars over the year.
The third in the ranking, the only non-American in this top 10, is the French Bernard Arnault: his assets have jumped by $ 61 billion to reach 176 billion.
Come next Bill Gates ($ 139 billion, +7 billion), Larry Page ($ 130 billion, +47 billion), Mark Zuckerberg ($ 128 billion, + $ 24 billion), Sergey Brin ($ 125 billion, +45 billion), Steve Ballmer ($ 122 billion, + $ 41 billion), Larry Ellison ($ 109 billion, +29 billion) and Warren Buffet (109 billion, +21 billion).
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