The three richest people in the world – Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Bernard Arnault – have lost $144.3 billion in total since the beginning of the year. And the richest Americans – Musk, Bezos and Bill Gates – have lost a total of $115 billion in fortune.
In the ranking of the richest people in the world, they are ranked first, second and fourth, and Arno is third. This is evidenced by the data of the Billionaires Index from Bloomberg.
So, by the end of May, the fortune of Tesla and Space X founder Elon Musk was estimated at $224 billion, Amazon’s “father” Jeff Bezos at $139 billion, and Microsoft’s creator Bill Gates at $23 billion. Since the beginning of the year, Bezos has lost $53.2 billion, Musk – $46.4 billion, and Gates – $15.1 billion.
The head of the French conglomerate LVMH, Bernard Arnault, has lost $44.7 billion since January. By May 30, his fortune is estimated at $133 billion.
The only one of the top five richest people on the planet who was able to increase his fortune in 2022 was Warren Buffett. Since the beginning of the year, his fortune has increased by $6.54 billion, to $115 billion.
At the same time, according to the data Oxfam, companies in the energy sector, the food industry and the pharmaceutical industry received the highest profits at the beginning of 2022. According to analysts, the total wealth of the world’s billionaires is currently equivalent to 13.9% of global GDP.
