福布斯富豪榜出炉！马斯克飙升至第二，特朗普下滑300名…（附视频&摘要稿）
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当地时间4月6日，美国《福布斯》杂志发布2021年度全球亿万富豪榜单。数据显示，尽管全球仍处于新冠疫情肆虐、经济低迷的处境之中，但全球富豪的总财富在过去一年增长8万亿美元以上。2021年全球共有2755名亿万富翁，这一数字打破了历史记录。在这些人中，有493位属于新上榜的亿万富翁，中国和美国贡献最多。
从福布斯榜单来看，亚马逊集团创办人贝索斯(Jeff Bezos)，连续第4年荣登榜首，其资产增加了640亿美元，达到1770亿美元。排名第2位的是SpaceX创始人马斯克(Elon Musk)，身家从2020年的富豪榜第31位飙升至第2位，身家比一年前高出1264亿美元。
美国前总统特朗普是美国历史上第一位亿万富翁总统。根据榜单数据，特朗普当前财富净值达24亿美元，较2019年资产增长了3亿美元，但是在全球亿万富豪榜单的排名下滑了近300名，位列第1299名。福布斯杂志解释称这是因为其他亿万富豪的财富增长速度更快。
如果将时间线拉长，在2017年1月也就是特朗普刚刚入主白宫时，他的财富净值为35亿美元，这意味着就任期间其财富缩水了超过10亿美元。彭博社指出新冠疫情以及今年一月的国会骚乱影响了特朗普的生意。特朗普集团旗下的酒店、赌场和办公楼都在受到疫情打击最严重的行业之列。
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Despite the pandemic, it was a record-setting year for the world’s wealthiest—with a $5 trillion surge in wealth and an unprecedented number of new billionaires.
It’s been a year like no other, and we aren’t talking about the pandemic. There were rapid-fire public offerings, surging cryptocurrencies and skyrocketing stock prices. The number of billionaires on Forbes’ 35th annual list of the world’s wealthiest exploded to an unprecedented 2,755—660 more than a year ago. Altogether they are worth $13.1 trillion, up from $8 trillion on the 2020 list.
There are a record high 493 newcomers to the list—roughly one new billionaire every 17 hours, including 210 from China and Hong Kong and 98 from the U.S. The richest newcomer, at $38.2 billion, is Miriam Adelson of Nevada, who inherited her husband Sheldon Adelson’s casino empire following his death in January. Other notable new entrants include movie and TV producer Tyler Perry, Bumble dating app cofounder Whitney Wolfe Herd—the world’s youngest self-made woman billionaire, and Europe’s Guillaume Pousaz, founder of payments firm Checkout.com. Another 250 people who’d fallen off the billionaires’ list in the past came roaring back. Altogether, a staggering 86% of all billionaires are richer than a year ago.
Jeff Bezos is the world’s richest person for the fourth year running, worth $177 billion, up $64 billion from a year ago as a result of surging Amazon shares. Elon Musk—the biggest gainer in dollar terms—rocketed into the No. 2 spot with a $151 billion fortune, a whopping $126.4 billion more than a year ago, when he ranked No. 31 and was worth $24.6 billion. The main reason: a 705% climb in Tesla shares. French luxury goods tycoon Bernard Arnault holds onto his spot at No. 3 but his fortune nearly doubled to $150 billion, from $76 billion, due to an 86% rise in the shares of LVMH, owner of brands including Louis Vuitton and Christian Dior and cosmetics retailer Sephora. The top ten richest are worth $1.15 trillion, up by two-thirds from $686 billion last year. Altogether, Europe’s billionaires are $1 trillion richer than a year ago.
Net Worth of the World’s Richest Person
This year there are four people worth $100 billion or more—up from just one (Bezos) on last year’s list. Besides Bezos, Musk and Arnault, there’s Bill Gates, who ranks No. 4 at $124 billion, buoyed by the strength of shares he owns in Microsoft, Canadian National Railway and tractor maker Deere & Company.
Rounding out the top five is Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, at $97 billion. He’s worth an eye-popping $42.3 billion more than a year ago; Facebook’s shares have risen 80% in the past year as people around the world used its social media platforms to stay in touch. (For more on the richest tech billionaires, see here; and here for the richest Americans.) The richest woman this year is cosmetics heir Francoise Bettencourt Meyers of France; see here for the richest women.
Warren Buffett is the world’s sixth richest person, worth $96 billion. It’s the first year since 1993 that the revered investor running Berkshire Hathaway has not appeared in the top five. Not that the 90-year-old Oracle of Omaha had a bad year—he’s still worth $28.5 billion more than he was on the 2020 list.
Number of Billionaires Worldwide and Combined Net Worth
The U.S. still has more billionaires than any other country, with 724 worth (up from 614 last year). China is closing the gap with 698 (including 71 from Hong Kong and 1 from Macao). Last year the U.S. had 614 billionaires and China had 456 (including 66 from Hong Kong and 1 Macao). As a result of the gains in China, Beijing is home to more billionaires than anywhere in the world, overtaking New York City. India has the third highest number of billionaires, with 140. Altogether, the 1,149 billionaires from Asia-Pacific countries are worth $4.7 trillion, while the U.S. billionaires are worth a total $4.4 trillion. (For more on the countries with the most billionaires, see here. Plus China’s richest, China’s newcomers and India’s richest.)
The Countries With The Most Billionaires
A record 1,975 billionaires are self-made, up from 1,457 last year. That equates to 72% of the list (vs. about 70% in 2020). It’s a marked change from the 2001 list of billionaires, when 49% of the total 565 billionaires were self-made. Forbes uses the term “self-made” as a contrast to “inherited” and “inherited & growing;” it’s not meant to indicate that someone created a billion-dollar fortune all on their own. To achieve such a feat takes teamwork.
Total Number of Billionaires and Self-Made Status
One hundred and six of the list members are under 40, two-thirds of whom are self-made. The new youngest self-made billionaire is 26-year-old American Austin Russell, who dropped out of Stanford to found automotive sensor firm Luminar Technologies; he is worth $2.4 billion and ranked No. 1299. There’s a new youngest billionaire as well: 18-year-old Kevin David Lehmann of Germany, whose father Guenther Lehmann transferred his stake in drugstore chain dm-drogerie mkt to him; he’s worth $3.3 billion and ranks No. 925. (Read more about the youngest billionaires here.). At the other end of the spectrum, the oldest billionaire, at age 99, is U.S. insurance tycoon George Joseph.
Mukesh Ambani of India has become the richest person in Asia, ranked No. 10 and worth an estimated $84.5 billion. He nudges out Jack Ma of China, Asia’s richest person a year ago, whose rank dropped to No. 26 (from No. 17 last year) despite a nearly $10 billion jump in his fortune to $48.4 billion. The biggest gainer in percentage terms this year is from China: Zhong Shanshan took his bottled water company Nongfu Spring public last fall on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and shares soared, lifting his net worth to $68.9 billion, up 3,345% from $2 billion a year ago.
Total New Billionaires and Combined Net Worth
Of the 493 newcomers we tracked down this year, some prominent routes to new richest stood out, including cryptocurrency, SPACs (special purpose acquisition companies), traditional IPOs and Covid-related healthcare.
Sixty-one people who appeared on the 2020 list dropped off, the smallest number of drop-offs in a decade. Notable drop-offs include Kardashian family member and makeup entrepreneur Kylie Jenner and West Virginia Governor Jim Justice.
Twenty-three billionaires have died since mid March 2020, including Switzerland’s Benjamin de Rothschild, heir to a storied banking fortune; Brazilian banking tycoon Joseph Safra and casino magnate Sheldon Adelson. On March 27, after Forbes had finalized this year’s ranking, Czech billionaire Petr Kellner died in a helicopter crash in Alaska. His $17.5 billion fortune, which will likely pass to his wife and children, is included in our numbers.
We’ve got cross sections of the list as well, including the world’s richest sports team owners, the U.S. states with the most billionaires and California’s billionaires.
Forbes used stock prices and exchange rates from March 5 to calculate net worths. (For the 2020 list, we measured wealth on March 18, 2020.) See here for the full list of the world’s billionaires and our methodology.
深圳有68人进入这份富豪榜单，其中腾讯创始人马化腾以658亿美元财富，高居全球总榜15位、中国第2位、深圳首位。顺丰王卫以390亿美元排深圳第二，恒大许家印以277亿美元居深圳第三，此外，腾讯张志东（234亿美元）、迈瑞医疗李西廷（215亿美元）、比亚迪王传福（163亿美元）、正威国际王文银（132亿美元）、宝能姚振华（53亿美元）等深圳企业家也登上福布斯富豪榜。
福布斯认为，深圳的68位亿万富翁中，有67位都是白手起家，这印证了这座城市的绰号——“中国的硅谷”。
在去年全球受到新冠疫情冲击下，榜单从各个角度而言都很亮眼——全球新上榜人数和亿万富豪总人数双双创下历史新高，2021年首次见证全球亿万富豪财富总额突破10万亿美元大关。
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