Original title: 2018 Forbes billionaires list: list of China's richest people
On March 6, 2018, Forbes released the latest edition of the 2018 global billionaires list, which is also the 32nd global billionaires list released by Forbes. According to the data, in 2018, there were 2208 people with more than US $1 billion (2043 in 2017), with an average net wealth of US $4.1 billion, a new record.
The total net wealth of the richest people on the list this year is $9.1 trillion, up from $7.7 trillion last year. 1490 are self-made rich, compared with 1371 in 2017.
Among them, the total net wealth of the top 20 richest people reached a record high of $1.2 trillion, up from $968.8 billion in 2017. Their total wealth accounts for 13% of the total wealth of the 2208 richest people on the list.
The Forbes Global billionaire list is based on the wealth on February 9, 2018, calculated by the share price and exchange rate of the day around the world. It's about individuals, not generations of families sharing huge amounts of wealth. In some cases, brothers, sisters and husband and wife will be on the list together if the division of wealth is not clear, but each person still needs at least $1 billion on average to be on the list.
Jeff Bezos of Amazon becomes the richest man in the world
Jeff Bezos of Amazon has become the latest richest man in the world. This is the first time that he has become the richest man in the world, and the first person in the world with personal wealth of more than 100 billion dollars. His wealth reached US $112 billion, an increase of US $39.2 billion over 2017, which made him surpass Bill Gates, the former world's richest frequent visitor.
Bill Gates is second behind Bezos. He has a fortune of $90 billion, but in the past 24 years, Bill Gates has won the title 18 times, the richest person in the world on the Forbes billionaire list.
Warren Buffett, the world's famous investor, ranks the third with a fortune of US $84 billion.
Bernard & middot; Arnault is the fourth richest man with $72 billion, and the richest man in Europe.
Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg is fifth with $71 billion. He is the youngest of the top 20 billionaires in the world.
US President Trump's fortune was $3.1 billion, down from 544th in 2017 to 766th. Trump's wealth has shrunk by $400 million since the global billionaire list was released in 2017, due in part to the decline in the value of real estate in midtown Manhattan and the decline in Trump's revenues from several golf properties.
Ma Huateng became the richest man in Asia, 2 of the 20 richest people in the world are Chinese
In terms of China's rich ranking, Ma Huateng surpassed Li Ka Shing and Wang Jianlin, the former richest men in the world, and Ma Yun, the biggest competitor, after becoming the world's richest man on Hurun's rich list last month. His wealth reached 45.3 billion US dollars, ranking 17th in the world.
Ma Yun, with a fortune of 39 billion US dollars, came next, ranking 20. Then came Li Ka Shing (US $2334.9 billion), Xu Jiayin (US $243.3 billion) and Li Zhaoji (US $243.3 billion). Wang Jianlin, the former richest man in China, ranked 26th with us $30 billion.
Among the top 200 people on the list, 33 are rich in China, including 21 from the mainland, 1 from Taiwan and 11 from Hong Kong. Real estate is still the richest industry on the list, with 11.
Among the top 100 richest Chinese in the world are: Wang Wei, the boss of Shunfeng, has a fortune of US $18.2 billion, ranking 63; Ding Lei, the owner of Netease, has a fortune of US $17.4 billion, ranking 69; Zhang Zhidong has a fortune of US $15.6 billion, ranking 87; Li Shufu, the owner of Geely Automobile, has a fortune of US $15.3 billion, ranking 91.
In addition, millet Lei Jun's 12 billion 500 million dollars, ranked 118, Baidu Robin Li 12 billion dollars, ranked 124, 360 of Zhou Hongyi's 11 billion 300 million dollars, ranked 135, Jingdong Liu Qiangdong's body 10 billion 800 million dollars, ranking 140; Wahaha Zong Qinghou's body 9 billion 500 million dollars, ranking the 160; because of the investment in music, Sun Hongbin's body is worth the dollar.
China's top 89 richest people and mainland 30 richest women
In terms of the number of the richest people on the list, the Asia Pacific region has the largest number of the richest people, 827, followed by the United States, 585, and Europe, 559. There are 476 people in mainland China, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. In addition, there are 123 in Germany, 119 in India and 102 in Russia.
There are 259 new rich people on the list, up from 195 in 2017. A total of 121 people fell, an increase from 78 in 2017.
The largest number of new rich on the list comes from mainland China, with 89, followed by the United States, with 45. There are 18 in India and 13 in Germany.
There are 256 women on the list, up from 227 in 2017. Among them, 13 female rich share wealth with their husbands, brothers or sons. 72 women are self-made rich. Compared with 56 in 2017, they have not only reached a record high, but also achieved a substantial growth.
The United States has the largest number of women on the list, 82 in all. There are 30 rich women in mainland China. The richest self-made woman is Zhou Qunfei of Hong Kong, China (ranking 198, with a fortune of $7.8 billion). Her lens technology makes screens for smartphones, which went public in 2015.