On March 25, the Hurun Research Institute released the "2024 Hurun Global Rich List", and the deadline for wealth calculation is January 15, 2024. This is the 13th consecutive year that the Hurun Research Institute has released the "Global Rich List".
Elon Musk
With a wealth of 1.67 trillion yuan,
became the richest man in the world for the third time in four years;
Zhong Sui
With a wealth of 450 billion yuan,
He became the richest man in China for the fourth time in a row.
It is worth mentioning that
With the explosion of AI,
More than half of the world's new wealth comes from AI.
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AI has become a new engine for wealth creation
Hurun Report, Chairman and Chief Research Officer, said:
"For the first time this year, AI has deeply influenced our list of the world's richest people, with more than half of the new wealth coming from AI. ”
"The wealth of cloud-related entrepreneurs such as Meta, Amazon, Google's parent company Alphabet, Oracle, Microsoft, etc., has grown significantly. ”
"Nvidia's Jensen Huang has seen a significant increase in wealth for the first time, entering the top 30 in the world. ”
Other companies in the semiconductor industry, such as Cambrian's Chen Tianshi, MediaTek's Tsai Mingjie, and Dai Wenyuan, an AI company from Beijing, have also seen rapid growth. ”
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China's 814 billion-dollar entrepreneurs
According to the list, 167 billion-dollar entrepreneurs have been added globally, bringing the total number of "known" billion-dollar entrepreneurs to 3,279.
The United States increased the most, by 109 places to 800, China fell by 155 places to 814, still ranking first in the world, and India ranked third with 271, an increase of 84 places, making it the country with the most new billions of dollars in entrepreneurs outside the United States.
▲Source: Hurun Research Institute
From China's perspective, Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen are the "top three" cities that China's billion-dollar entrepreneurs love to live in.
A total of 252 billion-dollar entrepreneurs from the Yangtze River Delta region and 220 from the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area are on the list.
Ningde, Chongqing, Wenzhou, Yantai and Tianjin are new additions to China's top 20 cities. Hefei and Zhengzhou fell out of the top 20.
▲Source: Hurun Research Institute
China has the world's largest number of self-made billion-dollar entrepreneurs, as well as the world's largest number of self-made female billion-dollar entrepreneurs.
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Who's on the rise?
1,933 bits of wealth increased over last year, of which 480 were new faces.
The biggest winner this year was Mark Zuckerberg, who increased by 650 billion yuan, followed by Elon Musk, who increased by 530 billion yuan.
Nvidia's Jensen Huang's fortune doubled to 350 billion yuan. Jeff Bezos and Larry Page also rebounded sharply, with Bezos adding 480 billion yuan after shrinking 470 billion yuan last year and Page adding 350 billion yuan after losing 270 billion yuan last year.
▲Source: Hurun Research Institute
Pinduoduo's Huang Zheng has been China's most wealth-growing entrepreneur for the second year in a row, with an increase of 80 billion yuan last year and another 160 billion yuan this year, ranking among the top 20 in the world.
▲Source: Hurun Research Institute
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Who's falling?
1,346 lost their wealth, of which 278 were left behind.
Bernard Arnault shrank the most this year, by 190 billion yuan, as the luxury sector underperformed this year. Other entrepreneurs in the top 10 declines in the luxury sector include Kering's François Pinault and Estée Lauder's Leonard Lauder.
The Laurena Powell Jobs family's wealth declined, mainly due to the revaluation of its wealth and the decline in the Walt Disney Company's share price.
▲Source: Hurun Research Institute
China's new energy and real estate entrepreneurs have lost their fortunes in the past year, with Fujian-based battery maker CATL's Zeng Yuqun losing 90 billion yuan, Wanda's Wang Jianlin losing 80 billion yuan and Country Garden's Yang Huiyan losing 65 billion yuan.
The wealth of JD.com's Liu Qiangdong and Zhang Zetian fell by 50 billion yuan to 49.5 billion yuan.
Carl Icahn's fortune has shrunk, and there have been accusations that his company is overleveraged and trading at an overpremium to its net asset value.
Wang Wenyin, a Shenzhen-based non-ferrous metals specialty, was the biggest loser this year, despite having a fortune of 105 billion yuan last year, because his company had serious cash flow problems. Rene Benko, a 45-year-old Austrian property developer, fell off the list after Sigma Holdings declared bankruptcy. Last year, Benko's fortune was 37.5 billion yuan.
▲Source: Hurun Research Institute
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TOP 20 Chinese Entrepreneurs
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Top 10 of the 2024 Hurun Global Rich List
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Synthesized from the Hurun Research Institute