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They were good big jackets
entirely They burned over $ 32 billion in about a month, the 10 billionaires who lost the most money this year. According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. More than $ 4 billion of them have gotten poorer this year so far
- Francoise Bettencourt Myers, With a 33% stake in cosmetic giant L’Oréal,
- Francois Pinault Who is the founder of Kering, a luxury goods company, and
- Liu JunHe is the president of the Chinese technology company Xiamoi.
Also among the biggest losers are Facebook leader Mark Zuckerberg, French businessman Bernard Arnault, Spanish businessman Amansi Ortega, as well as Mexican businessman Carlos Slim.
Others cut a lot in a month
In addition to the big failures, a couple on the billionaire list have made a lot of money. between them
Highlights of Elon Musk, whose fortune rose by nearly $ 33 billion at the start of February this year, surpassing the $ 200 billion mark.
Next to musk Ma Huating, co-founder and CEO of Tencent, has made nearly $ 16 billion this year. It is the third largest collector on the list Zhong Shanshanról Previously We have written many timesIt is also called a lone wolf due to avoiding social gatherings. By the way, the Asian billionaire owes his fortune to his mineral water company.
Based on the list, it can be said that American businessmen support it Chinese businessmen are appearing on the billionaires map at breakneck speedMost of them have a company interested in the technology sector.
The ten billionaires on the list below raised nearly as much money in the first few days of the year as the fortune of Bill Gates, the third richest man in the world.
Still the list of the richest people is the leader of Tesla (but at the present time Twitter posts I also picked up), Elon Musk Lead, and therefore his fortune has already exceeded $ 200 billion. Jeff BezosFrom recently He resigned as CEO of Amazon, Second only to 194 billion. And the third Bill Gates With assets of $ 135 billion.
The total wealth of the 10 richest people in the world is roughly $ 1,200 billion, so about 15% of the total wealth on the 500 list is in their hands.
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