5richest People In The World 2022 Forbes Version: Twitter Owners Are In Peak Position

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YOGYAKARTA United States business and financial magazine Forbes has re-released a list of the richest people in the world in 2022. As is known, Forbes releases a list of the richest people in the world every year, including this year. Several figures who are included in the Forbes list are quite familiar to their ears, one of which is the owner of social media Twitter.

Reporting from Forbes, Tuesday, December 6, several billionaires lost their wealth to make them lose their status as billionaires, especially those from Russia. In the country there are even 34 figures who have lost their wealth due to the war that is taking place between Russia and Ukraine.

The same thing happened in China. In that country, as many as 87 billionaires have lost their status as billionaires due to the strict supervision of the local government over technology companies.

However, Forbes found more than 1,000 billionaires richer than last year. Forbes has also detected 236 new billionaires in the past year. Some of the new billionaires are from Barbados, Bulgaria, Estonia, and Uruguay.

However, America is still ranked top as the country with the most billionaires in the world, with 735 people with a total collective wealth of USD 4.7 trillion.

The following is a list of Forbes' latest list of 10 richest people in the world.

The first position as the richest person in the world is occupied by Elon Musk. Several companies built by Elon Musk such as Tesla, SpaceX, and Boring Company. Elon has also just acquired social media company Twitter. Elon's assets reached 219 billion US dollars or around IDR 3,430 trillion.

The name Jeff Bezos is also familiar to his ears. He is the world's largest e-commerce founder, Amazon. The company was founded in 1994. But in 2021, Bezos decided to step down from the CEO seat and move to become executive chairman. Bezos' wealth is estimated at 171 billion US dollars or around Rp2,678 trillion.

Bernard Arnault now serves as CEO of LVMH Group, a multinational company that focuses on luxury goods. The company is based in Paris, France.

Bernard Arnault through the LVMH Group not only oversees 70 major world fashion brands and cosmetics, but also manages to acquire the classic American jewelry store Tiffany & Co. Now the total assets reach 158 billion US dollars or Rp2,474 trillion.

Bill Gates is one of the founders of the Microsoft company. In addition, he now serves as Cochair Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Bill Gates' assets in 2021 reached 124 billion US dollars, while in 2022 his assets became 129 billion US dollars or around Rp2,020 trillion.

Different from the previous names, Warren Buffett is actually known as the most successful investor in the world. However, he owns dozens of companies such as Geico, Duracell, and Dairy Queen.

The man who has the nickname "Oracle of Allah" is recorded as having assets of US $ 118 billion or equivalent to Rp. 1,848 billion.

Those are some of the richest people in the world in 2022. Visit VOI.ID to get other interesting information.