According to the estimates of the American Forbes, out of 2.6 thousand billionaires in the world, almost 70% increased their fortunes in 2021, some by hundreds and tens of billions.
At the same time, the combined fortune of the 10 richest people grew by $ 458 billion.
This is more than a quarter of the total increase in the fortune of all billionaires in the world from January 1 to December 10, 2021, namely, $ 1.6 trillion.
Elon Musk was recognized as the most successful at the end of the year, whose fortune rose by $ 109.8 billion and amounted to $ 265.4 billion. SpaceX.
In addition, in November of this year, Musk was recognized as the first person in history, whose fortune was estimated at $ 300 billion – although after that the amount was slightly adjusted.
The second place in the list of the richest in a year belongs to the Indian billionaire Guatam Adani ( added $ 52.5 billion to $ 81.1 billion). Forbes stressed that the value of shares of its company Adani Gas, engaged in the supply of raw materials, soared by 400%, that of the energy company Adani Transmission – by 330%, and that of the holding company Adani Enterprises – by 250%.
The third was Larry Page, the founder of Google. His fortune for the year grew by $ 49.1 billion and amounted to $ 126.3 billion. This is attributed to the securities of Google, which rose by 71% in 2021 amid good reporting and buyback of shares.
Also among the richest billionaires turned out to be Larry Ellison – the founder of Oracle, which raised $ 47.5 billion due to the growth of shares of his corporation, as well as thanks to the success of Tesla, as he owns the second largest stake in its shares after Elon Musk.
More one billionaire who became rich was Sergey Brin, who made $ 46.7 billion in a year thanks to a 62% jump in Alphabet, Google's parent company.
Forbes also posted a grid of the richest countries in 2021.
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