Every day, Bloomberg publishes a list of the richest people on the planet. The rating itself was founded in 2012, and for all 7 years Bill Gates has been consistently in the 1st or 2nd place. But this year, everything has changed.
Who is in the top five?
5th and 4th place was shared by Mark Zuckerberg and Warren Buffett. Despite an impressive fortune of 78 and 81 billion dollars, respectively, they are still far from Bill Gates - “Bloomberg” said that he now has 106 billion dollars.
What happened?
The Gates couple have their own charitable foundation, and this year the Microsoft owner donated $ 35 billion to his needs. Of course, this amount did not affect the welfare of the Gates too much, but this step shifted the billionaire to third place.
And who is in second and first places?
Located in second place, Bernard Arnault, like Gates, gave about $ 700 million to restore the Notre Dame Cathedral. But, unlike the owner of Microsoft, this broad gesture did not hit Monsieur Arnaud's material condition. The rating indicates that the billionaire earned $ 107 billion over the past year.
Mr. Jeff Bezos knows how to make money - Amazon today is one of the largest transnational trading floors where you can buy almost everything. The second brainchild of Bezos is Blue Origin. The plans of the owner of the aerospace company are tourist flights into space. The starting price of a ticket is affordable only for wealthy customers - 200-300 thousand dollars. Today, Mr. Bezos owns approximately $ 120 billion.