The richest man on the planet has officially become Bernard Arnault (owner of LVMH)

The annual ranking of the richest billionaires according to Forbes was headed by the owner of the LVMH group (brands Christian Dior, Louis Vuitton, Moet & Chandon) Bernard Arnault. The fortune of the entrepreneur and his family is estimated at 211 billion dollars (against 158 billion in the previous year)

Following the crisis in 2022, the French businessman became the only billionaire on the list, whose capital exceeds $200 billion. In second place was the leader of last year's ranking, the head of Tesla and the founder of SpaceX, Elon Musk, with a fortune of $ 180 billion. During the year, due to falling stocks and rising interest rates, Musk lost about $40 billion. Third on the list is Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. His net worth has fallen from $171 billion in 2021 to $114 billion in 2022.

The French tycoon first appeared on the Forbes billionaires list in 1997, when he was worth $3.6 billion. He quickly achieved success, becoming one of the twenty richest people in the world in 2005 (net worth $17 billion), and then climbed to fourth place in the list in 2011 (wealth $41 billion). In 2018, Arno made a colossal leap, increasing his fortune from $41.5 billion to $71 billion in one year.