Chinese Entrepreneur Zhong Shanshan Crosses Warren Buffett On The World's Richest People List

Konglomerat asal China Zhong Shanshan. (Foto: Bloomberg)

Jakarta - International media for economic segmentation Bloomberg on Friday, January 8, 2021 released a list of the 10 richest people in the world in the Bloomberg Billionaire Index. In the report, it was written that Elon R. Musk managed to occupy the top position with a net worth of 195 billion US dollars

Interestingly, the name Zhong Shanshan from China managed to poke into the sixth list of the richest people in the whole earth with a wealth of 93.1 billion US dollars. This achievement overtook veteran US entrepreneur Warren Buffet who was said to have amounted to US $ 88.2 billion.

Due to Zhong's achievement, the man with the main business of bottled water products succeeded in becoming the richest man on the Asian continent.

Based on information compiled by the editor, Zhong is the boss of Nongfu Spring Co. one of the giant companies from China. Through his business group, Zhong had succeeded in bringing Nongfu's shares up 200 percent when they first took the floor on the Chinese stock exchange in September last year.

In fact, in the trading session at the beginning of the year, Nongfu shares were recorded to have increased by 18 percent. Allegedly, this situation is the result of the recovery of economic activity in this Panda Country.

Bloomberg itself noted that Zhong's wealth increased by around 14.9 billion US dollars at the end of last year. Meanwhile, his closest rival, Warren Buffett, is only able to raise about 574 million dollars annually.

Meanwhile, another surprise occurred at the top list of the richest people. Jeff Bezos who had occupied the first position for some time had to be willing to be evicted by Elon R. Musk.

Jeff, with his main corporation Amazon.com, was only able to amass a fortune of 185 billion US dollars, less than Elon had with a total of 195 billion US dollars.

Meanwhile, the owner of Facebook Inc., Mark Zuckerberg is in fifth position with a wealth of 102 billion US dollars. This figure is down 1.63 billion US dollars compared to what he collected in the same period the previous year.

Here is a complete list of the 10 richest people in the world by the January 8, 2020 edition of the Bloomberg Billionaire Index.