The United States "Forbes" magazine announced the list of billionaires in 2022 on the 5th, and Elon Musk, founder of the American Space Exploration Technology Company and CEO of Tesla, was at the top of the list.
According to Forbes, many of the richest people have seen their wealth shrink this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the war and the collapse of the stock market. The list shows that there were 2,668 billionaires worldwide in 2022, down from a record 2,755 last year. The total wealth of this year's list reached $12.7 trillion, down from $13.1 trillion last year.
Still, 236 "newcomers" made the billionaire list this year, including American pop singer Rihanna, the film "Lord of the Rings" director Peter Jackson, and Former U.S. President Trump's son-in-law's younger brother Joshua Kushner.
Of course, no one is richer than Musk, whose net worth reached $219 billion as of early March, surpassing Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, which is also the first time in four years that Bezos has fallen to second place in the list. From a national perspective, the United States is still the country with the most billionaires in the world, with a total of 735 people, China ranks second with 607 people, and India ranks third with 166 people.
Source 丨Global Times