Impoverished Ukraine gave the world seven super-rich people
Seven Ukrainian businessmen were included in the annual ranking of billionaires according to the American magazine Forbes, which was published today, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
The highest place in it is traditionally occupied by the owner of the SCM group, Rinat Akhmetov. Journalists estimated his assets at $5,5 billion (in last year’s ranking it was $4,6 billion), which allowed him to rise to 334th place in the latest ranking (in last year’s ranking he was 359th).
Ferrexpo owner Konstantin Zhevago rose to 1477th place in the ranking from 1678; his capital increased from $1,4 billion to $1,6 billion.
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The owner of Mironovsky Hliboproduct, Yuriy Kosyuk, took 1561st place with a fortune of $1,5 billion.
Victor Pinchuk's assets are estimated at $1,4 billion, he ranks 1650; the assets of the co-owner of the Privat group Gennady Bogolyubov are $1,2 billion, he was born in 1867.
Igor Kolomoisky and Vadim Novinsky (who returned to the ranks of billionaires) with a fortune of $1 billion are in 2124th place.
The ranking was topped for the first time by the founder and CEO of online retailer Amazon.com, Jeff Bezos.
In addition, he became the first person in history whose net worth exceeded $100 billion—according to the magazine, he owns $112 billion in assets.
J. Bezos became one of the world's three richest people just a year ago, and his leadership was made possible by a 60% rise in Amazon shares in 2017, making him $39 billion richer.
In second place in the ranking is Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates with a fortune of $90 billion, who occupied the first place a year ago; investor Warren Buffett is in third with $84 billion.
The richest man in Europe was the president of the Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy group of companies, Bernard Arnault: he and his family own $72 billion. In fifth place in the ranking is the head of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, with $71 billion. The founder and head of the retailer Inditex (owns the Zara brands) dropped to sixth place , Massimo Dutti, Pull&Bear, and others) Amancio Ortega with a net worth of $70 billion.
The top twenty richest people in the world own $1,2 trillion, or 13% of the total wealth of all ranking participants. At the top of the list were only two women - Wal-Mart heiress Alice Walton ($58,5 billion) and owner of a 33% stake in L'Oreal Francoise Bettencourt-Myers ($42,2 billion).
In total, this year’s ranking includes 2,2 thousand billionaires from 72 countries and territories of the world, their average wealth is $4,1 billion. Americans make up the largest number of people on the list (585 people), mainland China is in second place with 373 billionaires. In total, the rating participants own $9,1 trillion.
Poor Ukraine Gave the World Seven Super-Rich Men