MOSCOW, April 2 The owner of the French luxury goods manufacturer LVMH (LVMH Moet Hennessy — Louis Vuitton), Bernard Arnault again topped the annual ranking of the richest people world according to Forbes, the publication reports.
Arnault's fortune is estimated at 233 billion dollars, a year ago it was 211 billion. Entrepreneur Elon Musk remains in second place; his fortune has grown to 195 billion from 180 billion a year earlier. Third place on the list is again occupied by Jeff Bezos. The founder of online retailer Amazon is worth $194 billion after $114 billion a year earlier.
Mark Zuckerberg, whose fortune immediately rose to $177 billion from $64.4 billion a year earlier, moved up to fourth place from 16th. In fifth place was Oracle CEO Larry Ellison, whose fortune increased to $141 billion from $107 billion.
The total wealth of the planet's billionaires, according to Forbes estimates, is a maximum of $14.2 trillion, which is 2 billion more than a year ago and 1.1 trillion higher than the previous record set in 2021. The number of billionaires in the world reached a new record of 2,781 from 2,640 a year earlier, which is also 26 more than the previous record set in 2021.
The leading country in terms of the number of billionaires is the United States, there are 813 of them with a total wealth of $5.7 trillion, followed by China with 473 billionaires (including Hong Kong) with $1.7 trillion, India is third. 200 billionaires.