Tesla founder Ilon Mask rose to second place in the ranking of the richest people in the world, overtaking the owner of Lvmh Bernard Arno and approaching the founder of Amazon Jehop Bezness is the richest person in the world. It is reported by Forbes.
On August 20, the mask’s condition is estimated at $ 177.5 billion, which allowed him to overtake the owner of Diorra’s fashion houses and Louis Vuitton Bernard Arno, who at the beginning of the week occupied a leading position in the ranking. Over the past two days, his shares of his LVMH holding fell by 12.6 percent, and revenues decreased by almost 20 billion – up to 174.7 billion dollars. This led to the fact that the founder of Amazon Jeff Bezos returned the championship in the ranking with a state of 184.8 billion dollars.
For three decades of how Forbes began to track the status of billionaires in 1987, only six people wore the title of the richest man in the world. In the first years of the existence of the rating, two Japanese magnates in real estate – Yoshiaki Tsutumi and Taikiciro Mori – headed the list until the co-founder of Microsoft Bill Gates was shifted in the late 1990s. From 1997 to 2017, Gates leaded in the list, with the exception of 2008, when the investor Warren Buffett took the first place, and 2010-2013, when the Mexican businessman Carlos Slim was in the first place. In addition, the owner of Zara Amancio Ortega ranked first a few hours in 2015 and a couple of days in 2016.
In May, it became known that the richest Americans rich in 195 billion dollars for the first hundred days of the presidency of Joe Bayden, despite the calls to pay more taxes during a pandemic. The growth of wealth occurred due to the rise of the stock market, the rapid vaccination of the population and the state stimulation package by 1.9 trillion dollars.