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2022:6 IT businessmen entered the top 10 richest people on the planet
On December 12, 2022, Bloomberg updated the ranking of the richest people on the planet. In it, Elon Musk took first place with a fortune of $175 billion.
The second place belongs to the Frenchman Bernard Arnault, president and chairman of the board of the LVMH Moet Hennessy group - Louis Vuitton, working in the field of luxury goods. His fortune is estimated at $167 billion.
The top three were Indian Gautam Adani, founder of the Adani Group, which specializes in port management, mining and other businesses. Bloomberg estimates his fortune at $126 billion.
Bloomberg's list shows that the world's six richest people represent the tech sector. In addition to Elon Musk, these are:
- Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates ($114 billion);
- founder and former CEO Amazon Jeff Bezos ($112 billion);
- Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison ($93.1 billion);
- former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer ($87 billion);
- Google co-founder Larry Page ($86.6 billion).
According to Forbes, as of mid-December 2022, five of the ten richest people in the world owe their income to the technology industry: Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, Larry Ellison, Larry Page (Google).
As noted by The Wall Street Journal, the leaders of many corporations in the technological sphere are often their founders, and therefore own large stakes. For this reason, it is customary to tie the size of their wealth to the level of capitalization of the companies they head. Since the beginning of the year, 20 of the richest businessmen in the world in the technological sphere have lost about $480 billion in total due to a decrease in stock prices, the newspaper writes in the November 28, 2022 issue.
The publication writes that if in the first months of the pandemic [[Coronavirus COVID-19 | COVID-19]] a new billionaire appeared every 30 hours, then the exhaustion of the economic boom it set led to a sharp decrease in the welfare of the participants in the profile rating.[1]
2021: Wildberries founder's fortune rises more than anyone in the world in a year
Since the beginning of 2021, Tatyana Bakalchuk's fortune has increased by more than 1000%, and this increase was the strongest among the richest people on the planet. Such data on December 8, 2021 was cited by Forbes magazine.
According to the Forbes Real-Time rating, which tracks the state of billionaires in real time, Bakalchuk ranks 165th in the world list of the richest people with a fortune of $13 billion. In the ranking of the richest women in Russia in 2020, the fortune of the founder of Wildberries was estimated at $1.1 billion.
Among the Russians, whose fortune grew the most in 2021, the American Forbes also named Pavel Durov. In the Russian Forbes ranking of 2020, the founder of Telegram took 30th place with a fortune of $3.4 billion, and in 2021 - 9th place with $17.2 billion (an increase of more than 400%).
If Tatyana Bakalchuk took first place in terms of growth in the state in percentage terms, then the founder of TeslaElon Musk was recognized as the leader in terms of growth in money. In 2021, the businessman's fortune grew by $110 billion - from $156 billion to $266 billion.
The fortune of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, whom Musk removed from first place in the global list of billionaires, grew by only $6 billion over the year, to $202.2 billion.
A tangible increase in fortunes by December relative to January 2021 was shown by Google co-founders Larry Page ($44 billion) and Sergey Brin ($42 billion), as well as businessmen Larry Ellison ($32 billion) and Steve Ballmer ($27 billion).
Indian billionaires added $210 billion to their total capital, and Russian - $145 billion. Russian billionaires own $630 billion. In 2021, they managed to grow their assets by 30%. Most of the money is in the hands of entrepreneurs from four countries: Germany ($650 billion), India ($730 billion), China ($2.3 trillion) and the United States ($5 trillion).[2]
2020: The world's richest IT billionaires
In April 2021, Forbes magazine presented an updated annual ranking of the richest people on the planet. The first place in it was retained by the head of Amazon Jeff Bezos, whose fortune grew by $64 billion over the year, to $177 billion.
The list also included several IT billionaires. So, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is in fourth position with a fortune of $124 billion. The fifth line was taken by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, who over the year became richer by $42.4 billion (fortune exceeded $97 billion) due to an 80 percent increase in the share price of the world's largest social network.
The largest IT billionaires include Oracle founder Larry Ellison (7th place in the ranking, fortune - $93 billion) and Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin, whose fortune is now estimated at $91.5 billion and $89 billion, respectively.
The top 10 IT billionaires also included ex-head Microsoft Steve Ballmer ($68.7 billion), head Tencent Ma Huateng ($65.8 billion), Pinduoduo co-founder Colin Zheng Huang ($55.3 billion). Experts also note a fortune of $53 billion from Jeff Bezos's ex-wife Mackenzie Scott, who is an Amazon shareholder.
Living Dubai in the founder of the social network "" and Vkontakte the messenger Telegram Pavel Durov fell into ninth place in the ranking of the richest Russians. Over the year, his fortune increased by $13.8 billion, to $17.2 billion.
By April 2021, Forbes magazine counted 365 rich people who made a fortune thanks to information technology, against 241 a year earlier. In terms of the number of billionaires, the IT industry is second only to the financial industry, which is represented by 371 people with a fortune of $1 billion or more.
Most of the richest IT businessmen by 2021 still live in the United States. Forbes notes that China's fast-growing internet sector is helping a new generation of tech entrepreneurs climb the rankings.[3]
2017: Bloomberg Ranking by World
At the end of December 2017, it became known about an increase in the fortune of the 500 richest people in the world by $1 trillion. Businessmen representing the IT market are growing in wealth faster than anyone.
According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, by the end of December 2017, the 500 richest entrepreneurs control assets worth $5.3 trillion against $4.4 billion a year earlier. In 2016, their fortune did not increase so much - by $237 billion.
The best 2017 was for 57 billionaires from the IT industry. According to Bloomberg, they have become richer by $262 billion. The fortune of the richest man in the world - the founder of the Internet retailer AmazonJeff Bezos - increased by $34.2 billion in 2017. In second place is Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates with a fortune of $91.3 billion.
Gates, who held the top spot in Bloomberg's billionaire index for more than four years, has not only increased his capital, but also given away some of the funds to charity, unlike Bezos. The founder of Microsoft gave almost $5 billion to the fund of Bill and Melinda Gates.
One of the founders of the Internet giant Tencent Holdings Ma Huateng (Ma Huateng) became the second among the richest people in Asia with a fortune of $41 billion, which is twice as much as in 2016. For the first time, the number of billionaires in Asia has increased than in the United States.
The 27 richest people in Russia increased their assets by $275 billion and became even richer than before the introduction of Western economic sanctions.
The fortune of the 159 American billionaires on the list increased by 18% over the year and amounted to about $2 trillion. The value of assets owned by 38 of the richest Chinese citizens included in the Bloomberg list increased by $177 billion or 65% over the past year. The growth rate of wealth of business leaders in China was the highest in the world.[4]
2016
Forbes US Ranking
In October 2016, Forbes magazine published an updated ranking of the 400 richest people in the United States. The publication notes the following changes: for the first time in nine years, Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison fell out of the top three, and investor Warren Buffett lost second place on the list for the first time in 15 years.
By October 2016, Ellison's fortune amounted to $48.5 billion, which was the fifth indicator among the most affluent Americans. Oracle's chairman did not make the top 3 rankings for the first time since 2007.
The richest citizen of the United States remained the founder of MicrosoftBill Gates (Bill Gates) with a fortune of about $81 billion. The CEO of the Internet giant Amazon Jeff Bezos climbed to the second line, who, thanks to the growth of his company's quotes, increased his fortune by $20 billion over the year (to $70.7 billion), which no other Forbes 400 participant could boast of. From February to October 2016, Amazon shares almost doubled in price - from $474 to $844, USA Today notes.
Warren Buffett, who for 15 years held the second place in the Forbes 400 ranking, rolled back to third position in 2016, skipping forward the creator of the social network Facebook Mark Zuckerberg (Mark Zuckerberg). The state of the latter increased to $55.4 billion against $64.9 billion from Buffett.
According to Forbes, by October 2016, the 400 richest Americans own a total fortune of $2.4 trillion, which was a record figure in the entire history of the formation of the rating. Its authors note that 10% of the list members are from other countries: six billionaires were born in Israel, five in India, four in Taiwan and Hungary. Sergey Brin, a native of the USSR, who founded Google, is named the richest among immigrants. Brin's fortune is estimated at $37.5 billion.
At least $1.7 billion was required to get into the rating. As the newspaper notes, 153 billionaires "turned out to be too poor" and did not enter the top 400.[5]
Forbes ranking by world: Gates and Bezos lead the way
In August 2016, Forbes magazine presented a rating of the richest businessmen in the field of information technology (IT). Microsoft founder Bill Gates remained the leader.
Observers of the authoritative publication estimated his fortune at $78 billion. Next is the head of the Internet giant Amazon and the founder of the aerospace company Blue Origin Jeff Bezos with a fortune of $66 billion.
Facebook creator Mark Zuckerberg closed the top three - $54 billion, which is $12.8 billion more than in 2015. Zuckerberg's fortune has grown due to the rise in Facebook quotes, which in turn is due to successful sales of mobile advertising and attracting users, Forbes observers say.
After Mark Zuckerberg, Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison (Larry Ellison; $51.7 billion), Google co-founders Larry Page (Larry Page; $39 billion) and Sergey Brin (Sergey Brin: $38.2 billion), former head of Microsoft Steve Ballmer (Steve Ballmer; $27.7 billion), founder of Alibaba Group Jack Atm Holdings ($25.8 billion Jack Holdings) The tenth in the ranking is Michael Dell (Michael Dell; $22 billion), who founded the computer corporation Dell.
Five women were in the IT rich hundred. The wealthiest among them is Zhou Qunfei from Hong Kong ($6.4 billion). She founded the manufacturer of screens for mobile devices Lens Technology. Zhou Kongfei became a billionaire after Lens went public in 2015.
Only one representative from Russia, investor Yuri Milner, was on the list of the richest IT businessmen. He took 73rd place with a fortune of $2.9 billion.
The total condition of the participants in the rating of the richest IT businessmen over the year increased by 6% and amounted to $892 billion. The list was replenished with 12 new surnames, while the fortune of 27 participants decreased over the year.
Among countries, the first place in the number of IT billionaires is occupied by the United States, the second - China. The average age of the rating representatives is 53 years, which is 10 years less than the average age of the global list of billionaires Forbes.[6]
2015
The top ten richest Americans included 5 IT businessmen
At the end of September 2015, Forbes magazine published the next edition of its ranking of the richest Americans. The top ten leaders included five businessmen related to the technology industry.
For 22 years in a row, the list called Forbes 400 has been headed by Microsoft founder Bill Gates, whose fortune in 2015 was estimated at $76 billion against $81 billion a year earlier. He is followed by the head of Berkshire Hathaway holding Warren Buffett with a fortune of $62 billion, and the three most affluent US residents were closed by the founder and former head of Oracle Larry Ellison.
In addition to Bill Gates and Larry Ellison, the ranking included three more IT leaders. In fourth position is the general director of the Internet giant Amazon Jeff Bezos, who, thanks to the growth of quotations of the company he headed, was able to significantly increase his fortune (to $47 billion) and move immediately 11 steps up.
The creator of the world's largest social network Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, rose from 11th to 7th place in the ranking, who by September 2015 had accumulated a fortune of $40.3 billion. On the last line of the Top 10 richest Americans is the head of GoogleLarry Page (Larry Page; $33.3 billion), which in 2014 was 13th in the ranking.
The Forbes 400 list includes 25 newcomers at once. Among them stands out 25-year-old Snapchat founder Evan Spiegel. He is one of the youngest billionaires in the world with a fortune of $2.1 billion and 327 place in the ranking. His colleague Bobby Murphy, co-founder of Snapchat, settled on the 375th line with a fortune estimate of $1.8 billion.
As of September 2015, the 400 richest US residents own a total of $2.34 trillion, dollars which is $50 billion more than a year earlier. The average fortune of a participant in the Forbes 400 rating is a record $5.8 billion in the history of the study.[7]
Bill Gates named richest IT businessman
On August 5, 2015, the authoritative magazine Forbes published a rating of the most affluent industry figures. information technology The first place in it was taken by the founder. Microsoft Bill Gates
His fortune is estimated at $79.6 billion. Journalists note that Bill Gates is getting richer despite the fact that he regularly sells off Microsoft shares.
In second place in the list of richest IT businessmen was the founder and former head of Oracle Larry Ellison, who is credited with a fortune of $50 billion. The top three is closed by the CEO of the Internet giant Amazon Jeff Bezos with $47.8 billion. The state of the latter is 90% tied to the shares of the company he heads. Since Amazon quotes have grown rapidly from the beginning of 2015 to its middle, Bezos's fortune also increased over this period - by $13 billion, observers calculated.
The top 5 richest IT representatives include the creator of the social network Facebook Mark Zuckerberg and the head of Google Larry Page, whose fortunes by mid-2015 amount to $41.2 billion and $33.4 billion, respectively.
The top ten includes Google co-founder Sergey Brin (Sergey Brin; $32.8 billion), Internet giant founder Alibaba Jack Ma (Jack Ma; $23.2 billion), former Microsoft CEO (Steve Ballmer Steve Ballmer; $22.7 billion), founder's widow Apple Steve Jobs Lauren Powell Jobs (Laurene Powell Jobs; $21.4 billion) and founder (Dell Michael Dell Michael Dell; $19.4 billion).
The only Russian included in the Forbes rating was the co-founder of VK (formerly Mail.ru Group) and the founder of DST GlobalYuri Milner with a fortune of $3.3 billion. He finished in 62nd place.
The youngest among the richest IT businessmen in the world is 25-year-old Snapchat founder Evan Spiegel, who has a fortune of $2.1 billion. The oldest in the ranking is 86-year-old Intel co-founder Gordon Moore. He owns $6 billion.
According to Forbes, 94 out of the 100 richest IT figures made billions from the business that they founded themselves. The other six inherited wealth.
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Russia's richest IT businessmen
In August 2022, TAdviser first published a list of the largest IT billionaires in Russia.
The total estimated value of IT assets included in the list of businessmen amounted to 766.1 billion rubles.
Notes
- ↑ [1]View profiles for each of the world’s 500 richest people, see the biggest movers, and compare fortunes or track returns.
- ↑ 1fb6542b3d78 The Wildberries founder's fortune has grown more than anyone in the world over the year
- ↑ Jeff Bezos keeps top spot on Forbes wealthiest list while Elon Musk jumps to No. 2
- ↑ World's Wealthiest Became $1 Trillion Richer in 2017
- ↑ Bezos second richest in the U.S., passes Buffett
- ↑ Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg Are Biggest Gainers By Far On Forbes List Of 100 Richest In Tech
- ↑ Bill Gates Richest American, 3 Tech Chiefs Join Top 10: Forbes
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