Forbes Billionaires List – 2024

Forbes, one of the most prestigious magazines in the world, lists the richest people every year.Billionaires List” publishes. The 2024 version of the list, which has become a tradition and published for the 38th time this year, was officially published yesterday. The list revealed that the richest people in the world are now even richer.

According to Forbes, the number of billionaires increased by 141 in the last year. to 2,781 rose. The total wealth of the richest people is to 14.2 trillion reached. This means an increase of 2 trillion dollars compared to last year.

The USA continued to be the country with the most billionaires

The names in the first 20 places were the highest earners. So much so that these people will increase their wealth in total since 2023 to add 700 billion dollars He succeeded. The country that produces the most billionaires is, unsurprisingly, with 813 billionaires. USA happened. ten with 473 Chinesewith 200 India followed.

The average age of billionaires was 66. youngest 19 years oldi Brazilian Livia Voigt (1.1 billion). Voigt is a shareholder of WEG, one of Latin America’s largest electric motor manufacturers. The oldest on the list is 102 year old George Joseph of the USA (1.8 billion). Joseph also managed to reach this fortune with his insurance company.

There were also many new names added to the list. Perhaps the most striking of these is the world-famous singer. Taylor Swift. Swift has a fortune of $1.1 billion. The richest name among entertainment and sports celebrities is George Lucas, the creator of Star Wars, with a fortune of $5.5 billion. The richest woman is Françoise Bettencourt Meyers, the granddaughter of L’Oreal’s founder, with $99 billion.

At the top of the list of the richest people in the world is the head of fashion giant LVMH. Bernard Arnault continues to take place. Elon Musk, who was at the top for a long time but has seen a decline recently, is in second place. You can access the list below.

The 10 richest people in the world, according to the Forbes Billionaires List:

1. Bernard Arnault and family (LVMH) – $233 billion
2. Elon Musk (SpaceX, Tesla) – $195 billion
3. Jeff Bezos (Amazon) – $194 billion
4. Mark Zuckerberg (Meta) – $177 billion
5. Larry Ellison (Oracle) – $141 billion
6. Warren Buffett (Berkshire Hathaway) – $133 billion
7. Bill Gates (Microsoft) – $128 billion
8. Steve Ballmer (Microsoft) – $121 billion
9. Mukesh Ambani (Reliance Industries) – $116 billion
10. Larry Page (Alphabet) – $114 billion

27 people from Turkey entered the list

Of course, we should not forget to mention the Turks on the Forbes Billionaires List. We see that 27 Turks entered the list this year. Their total wealth was announced as 56.1 billion dollars. Yıldız Holding is still at the top Murat Ülker It is located. Ülker, which has a wealth of 5.1 billion dollars, is in the world rankings. 597th next.

According to Forbes Billionaires List, the 10 richest names in Turkey are:

1. Murat Ülker (Yıldız Holding) – 5.1 billion dollars
2. Cemil Kazancı (Kazancı Holding) – 3.5 billion dollars
3. İpek Kıraç (Koç Holding) – $3.1 billion
4. Semahat Sevim Arsel (Koç Holding) – 3 billion dollars
5. İbrahim Erdemoğlu (Erdemoğlu Holding) – 2.8 billion dollars
6. Erman Ilıcak (Rönesans Holding) – 2.7 billion dollars
7. Mustafa Rahmi Koç (Koç Holding) – $2.7 billion
8. Ali Erdemoğlu (Erdemoğlu Holding) – 2.5 billion dollars
9. Ferit Faik Şahenk (Doğuş Group) – 2.4 billion dollars
10. Hamdi Ulukaya (Chobani) – $2.3 billion