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  • World’s 10 richest fortune soars by 56% to $1.1 trillion this year

    World’s 10 richest fortune soars by 56% to $1.1 trillion this year

    Data presented by Buy Shares indicates that the wealth of the top ten world’s richest people has grown by 56.8% to $1.14 trillion between March 13 and December 1, 2020.

    The additional wealth was acquired amid the coronavirus pandemic.

    Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is the world’s richest person with a fortune of $185 billion as of December 1. Amid the pandemic, his wealth has grown by 66.66% from March 13th.

    France-based Bernard Arnault, the second richest person in the world saw his fortune grow by 103.9% from March’s $69.2 billion to $141.1 billion.

    Tesla CEO Elon Musk is the biggest gainer by a staggering 422.76% in wealth to $128.60 billion. Microsoft founder Bill Gates is the fourth richest person in the world and his wealth has soared by 16.47% to $118.8 billion.

    Elsewhere, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, the fifth richest person in the world has a fortune of $101.7 billion. The wealth grew by 55.74%.

    Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffet saw his wealth grow by 13.96% to $86.5 billion.

    Oracle chairperson, Larry Elisson’s wealth grew by 45.28% to $78.6 billion. Google co-founder Larry Page’s wealth has grown by 31.4% to $77.40 billion. Businessman Amancio Ortega’s wealth grew by 46.93% to $76.70 billion.

    Sergey Brin’s wealth has soared to $75.2 billion, a growth of 31.69%. Lastly, Steve Ballmer’s wealth has grown by 25.25% to $72.90 billion.

  • Ten world’s richest royal families control wealth of over $2.4 trillion

    Ten world’s richest royal families control wealth of over $2.4 trillion

    Data presented by Buy Shares indicates that the top ten global royal families control a fortune of $2.45 trillion. The wealth is as of Q3 2020.

    Saudi Arabia’s House of Saud is the wealthiest royal family with a fortune of $1.4 trillion. Kuwait’s House of Al Sabah ranks second with a wealth of $360 billion followed by the House of Al Thani from Qatar with a fortune of $335 billion.

    Elsewhere, the Al Nahyan family from the UAE controls a fortune of $150 billion while the British Royal Family closes the top five categories with a fortune of $88 billion.

    Other wealthy families include Thailand’s Chakri dynasty ($60 billion),  Brunei’s House of Bolkiah ($28 billion) UAE’s Al Maktoum family ($18 billion), Morocco’s Alaouite dynasty ($8.2 billion), and Liechtenstein’s House of Liechtenstein ($4.4 billion).

    Top ten richest royal family members

    The research also overviewed the top ten richest royal family members. The group cumulatively control $114.4 billion.

    The King of Thailand Vajiralongkorn controls a fortune of $30 billion followed by Hassanal Bolkiah the Sultan of Brunei with a net worth of $20 billion. In the third spot, there is Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud the King of Saudi Arabia with a fortune of $18 billion.

    Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan is fourth with a fortune of $15 billion while Al-Waleed bin Talal closes the top five spot with wealth worth $13.4 billion.

    Other wealthy royal family members include Azim of Brunei ($4.2 billion), Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum ($4 billion), Grand Duke Henri ($4 billion), Hans Adam II ($3.5 billion) and Juan Carlos I ($2.3 billion)

  • Top 10 richest people worth more than bottom 85 poorest countries GDP

    Top 10 richest people worth more than bottom 85 poorest countries GDP

    • Data gathered and calculated by Learnbonds.com indicates that the world’s top ten richest people have a combined wealth more than the bottom 85 poorest countries based on GDP.
    • According to the data, the top ten richest people have a cumulative wealth of $858.1 billion while the 85 countries have a combined GDP of $813.5 billion.
    • Top 10 richest people have more wealth than Saudi Arabia’s GDP.

    The list is mainly dominated by American billionaires. From the data, the world’s richest people’s cumulative wealth also surpasses the GDP of various countries considered to be economic powerhouses.

    For example, despite being one of the leading global oil producers, Saudi Arabia’s GDP is slightly lower than the cumulative wealth of the top ten wealthy people. The Middle East country has a GDP of $779.29 billion, to occupy the 18th position globally.

    At the same time, the cumulative wealth of the top richest people is almost twice the GDP of Iran ($458.5 billion) while it’s more than Belgium’s GDP of $517,609.

    Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is the richest person in the world with a networth of $123.50 billion. His fortune is slightly above Morocco’s GDP which stands at $119,04 billion.

    Bill Gates is the second richest person in the world with a net worth of $112.60 billion ranking him higher than 127 bottom countries in terms of GDP.

    Other global billionaires include Bernard Arnault & family ($108 billion), Warren Buffet ($90.40 billion), Amancio Ortega ($78.10 billion), Mark Zuckerberg ($78.10 billion),  Larry ($68.50 billion), Carlos Slim Helu, ($66 billion), Larry Page ($65.90 billion) and Steve Ballmer ($65.20 billion).