Billionaires, who are among the 500 richest people in the world, managed to recover the $1.4 trillion loss they suffered in 2023 and 2022. writes about this Bloomberg refers to his own ranking of the 500 richest people on the planet.
In total, the capital of the 500 richest billionaires on the planet increased by $1.5 trillion. Thus, in addition to compensating for last year’s losses, they managed to earn another $100 billion.
According to Bloomberg, the biggest contribution to the recovery of wealth was made by the owners of technology companies. Their capital increased by 658 billion dollars, or 48%. Experts attribute this growth to the excitement around artificial intelligence technologies.
According to the Bloomberg index, the three richest people in the world are Tesla founder Elon Musk, LVMH CEO Bernard Arnault and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.
Despite his earnings of $95 billion, Musk could not fully compensate for his $138 billion loss in 2022. According to Bloomberg, his wealth is estimated to be $229 billion. Arnault, whose wealth is estimated to be $179 billion, has periodically surpassed Musk. However, the decrease in demand for luxury goods caused disruptions.
Bezos, who ranked third with $177 billion, came close to second place in the rankings with an income of $70 billion this year.
Experts state that 2022 will lead to a dramatic decline in the wealth of billionaires due to inflation, high rates and geopolitical risks. However, this year they managed to reverse this situation. The exception was mistakes by individual businessmen, such as Musk’s deal to buy Twitter.
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