According to Forbes’ list of billionaires Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao (CZ), with a fortune of $65 billion kcoin money He became the richest person in the world.
Altcoins BNB, FTT, Ripple and Stellar Linked Names Also Included in Forbes List
Compared to last year, we see that CZ’s fortune is only $ 1.9 billion. Forbes stated that Zhao’s $65 billion fortune was calculated by taking into account the revenue generated by the Binance exchange last year. The Wall Street Journal announced that, according to data published last year, Binance could be valued as a $300 billion company if it goes public with Coinbase.
However, it should be noted that it is not known how much crypto money CZ has in his hands. The famous CEO, according to his own statements, is a small amount. of bitcoin He said that he kept a large amount of Binance Coin with him.
Sam Bankman-Fried Ranks Second
FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried, who was declared the world’s richest crypto billionaire last year, remained on this year’s list at $24 billion. FTX, one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in the world, received a valuation of $ 32 billion after a $ 400 million funding round. FTX CTO Gary Wang was among those on the list with a fortune of $5.9 billion.
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong is third on the list with a fortune of $6.6 billion.
Chris Larsen, who was the only cryptocurrency billionaire on the Forbes 400 list in 2019, doubled his fortune to $4.2 billion today and was included in the list. with Larsen of Ripple among the founders stellar Its CEO, Jed Caleb, was also on the list.
The Winklevoss brothers, Digital Currency Group CEO Barry Silbert, MicroStrategy CEO Michael Saylor, and entrepreneur Tim Draper are also among the cryptocurrency billionaires on Forbes’ list.
*Not investment advice.