The rich are increasingly rich, but there are only 24 superbiliors

The wealth accumulated by some millionaires is such that there is already a new category – superbillionaires, which are the rich who have fortunes of at least $ 50 billion (about 48 billion euros).

In 1987, when Forbes published its first list of billionaires, the richest person in the world was the japonês Yoshiaki Tsutsumiwith an estimated fortune of about $ 20 billion (19.2 billion euros).

Currently, or Elon Muskhas a fortune valued at over $ 419 billion (approximately 402 billion euros).

In almost 30 years, the difference is substantial and reflects the brutal increase that the richest have experienced in their fortunes.

In some cases, the accumulated wealth is such that a new category of rich was born – Superbillionaireswhich have fortunes over $ 50 billion (about 48 billion euros).

The fortunes of this people “represent More than 16% of all the wealth of multimillionairesa dramatic increase compared to the 4% of 2014 ″, underlines the (WSJ), which reveals the list of 24 superbiliors.

“Its combined liquid heritage totaled 3.3 trilions of dollars, The equivalent of the nominal GDP of France“, The American newspaper also points out.

Of the 24 superbillionaires, 16 have wealth over $ 100 billion (about 96 billion euros).

Only 3 women on the list and are all heirs

Elon Musk leads the list that is occupied by many other entrepreneurs who were successful in the technological market.

There is only Three women on the listamong which the French Françoise Bettencourt Meyersvice president of the Council, the company of cosmetics and beauty that his grandfather founded.

Two more American heirs appear on the list- Alice Walton of the retail empire and Julia Kochwidow of one of Koch Industries’ co-owners, which has business in the areas of energy and agribusiness.

Two French, two Indians, one Spanish, one Chinese and a Indonesian

Françoise Bettencourt Meyers is one of the Seven people who have residence outside the US In this very rich list.

The third richest of this top 24 is the French businessman President and Executive Director of LVMH (Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton), the largest luxury items in the world.

Among the resident superbillionaires outside the US, is still the Spanish Amancio Ortegathe founder and former president of the fashion group, known for the brands and Bershka.

Also appear in the list Indianos Mukesh Ambani e gautam adaniwhich have business in the areas of energy and telecommunications; the Chinese Zhong Shanshanwhich has an empire of bottled water and other healthy drinks; and the Indonesio Prajogo Pangestuwhich is dedicated to the area of ​​petrochemicals and infrastructure.

Confirm a complete list two 24 Superbillionaires:

1. Elon Musk (South Africa/Canada/USA) – 402 billion/euros – Tesla (cars and clean energy)/Space X (space transport)
2. Jeff Bezos (USA)-253 billion/euros-Amazon (technology and e-commerce)
3. Bernard Arnault (France) – 229 billion/euros – LVMH (luxury articles)
4. Lawrence Ellison (USA) – 228 billion/euros – Oracle (technology)
5. Mark Zuckerberg (USA) – 212 billion/euros – Goal (owner of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp)
6. Sergey Brin (USA) – 155 billion/euros – Alphabet (Google owner)
7. Steven Ballmer (USA) – 151 billion/euros – Microsoft (technology)
8. Warren Buffett (USA) – 148 billion/euros – Berkshire Hathaway (insurance, energy, transport, retail and technology)
9. James Walton (USA) – 113 billion/euros – Walmart (retail trade)
10. Samuel Robson Walton (USA) – 109 billion/euros – Walmart
11. Amancio Ortega (Spain) – 108 billion/euros – Inditex (owner of the brands Zara, Pull & Bear, Massimo Dutti, Bershka, Stradivarius and Oysho)
12. Alice Walton (USA) – 106 billion/euros – Walmart
13. Jensen Huang (Taiwan/USA) – 104 billion/euros – Nvidia (technology)
14. Bill Gates (USA) – 102 billion/euros – Microsoft
15. Michael Bloomberg (USA) – 99 billion/euros – Bloomberg (Technology and Specialized in Finance)
16. Lawrence Page (USA) – 97 billion/euros – Alphabet
17. Mukesh Alphali (India) – 87 billion/euros – Reliance Industries (energy, petrochemicals, telecommunications, retail and average)
18. Charles Koch (USA) – 64 billion/euros – Koch Industries (energy, agribusiness, finance, technology and consumer products)
19. Julia Koch (USA) – 62 billion/euros – Koch Industries
20. Françoise Bettencourt Meyers (France) – 60 billion/euros – L’Oréal (cosmetics and beauty)
21. Gautam adani (India) – 59 billion/euros – Adani Group (energy, transportation, mining, natural gas, infrastructure, food, defense and aerospace)
22. Michael Dell (USA) – 58 billion/euros – Dell Technologies (technology)
23. Zhong Shanshan (China) – 57 billion/euros – Nongfu Spring (bottled water, teas ready to drink, functional drinks and fruit juices)
24. Prajogo Pangestu (Indonesia) – 53 billion/euros – Brito Pacific (energy, petrochemicals, forest industry and infrastructure).