The wealth of Tesla CEO Elon Musk has risen at the fastest pace among the billionaires on the “Bloomberg” list of the super-rich, as his wealth has gained an additional $ 88.1 billion since the beginning of 2023.
The total acquired wealth of the 10 richest billionaires since the beginning of the year amounted to $ 381 billion, which means that Elon Musk’s share is close to a quarter of those gains by 23.1%, after his wealth rose to $ 225 billion.
The list witnessed a complete dominance of technology billionaires, as 8 out of the 10 most profitable billionaires during the year, their wealth is mainly related to technology, especially the companies “Tesla”, “Microsoft”, “Google”, “Oracle” and “NVIDIA”. Amazon, and Facebook.
Mark Zuckerberg was second on the list, whose wealth has increased by more than 100% since the beginning of the year, to $98.8 billion, after adding $53.2 billion to his wealth.
On the other hand, “Gautam Adani” had the worst luck during the year, as he lost $ 58.2 billion, equivalent to half of his wealth, as well as “Carl Icahn”, who lost $ 13.3 billion of his wealth, and the reason that brought them together was the report of the short seller “Hindenburg” shares of the two companies.
Ranking of the most profitable billionaires
