American software giant Bill Gates ranked first with $46.5 billion, and he has been ranked first 1 1 times in a row. American investor Warren Buffett ranked second with $44 billion, and Indian steel giant Lakshmi Mittal ranked third with $25 billion in personal wealth. In the past year, Mittal's personal wealth has increased by 188 billion US dollars. Li Ka-shing is still the richest Chinese in the world, and its personal wealth has increased from $654.38+0.24 billion last year to $654.38+0.3 billion, ranking 22nd.
Forbes magazine said at the press conference that in the past year, the number of super-rich people with net assets of $65.438+0 billion worldwide increased by 654.38+0, bringing the total number of super-rich people to 6965.438+0.
Tom News-Interpretation of Forbes magazine's Rich List: Rich Americans are richer.
According to the latest statistics of Forbes, a famous American financial magazine, in the past 12 months, the accumulated assets of the 400 richest people in the United States increased by 10%, reaching $955 billion. Bill Gates still ranks first in the United States, with a property value of $46 billion, an increase of $3 billion over last year. Warren Buffett, a well-known investor, still ranks second with a total wealth of $36 billion. Paul allen, the co-founder of Microsoft, increased his net income by $6,543.80 billion last year, ranking third with a net worth of $22 billion.
The top rich mainly come from the field of science and technology. The personal wealth of Amazon President Bezos has soared from 3 1 billion dollars to 5 billion dollars. This increase is directly proportional to the fluctuation of the company's share price.
The rapid growth of American rich wealth is mainly caused by the continuous recovery of American high-tech stocks in the past year after two years of trough. In 2000, American technology stocks were in full swing, creating the myth of countless overnight riches in the history of Wall Street. However, the good times did not last long. After the myth of the bubble economy was shattered, the pockets of all the rich in science and technology and their enterprises were greatly reduced, and the stocks in their hands became waste paper overnight. 200 1 By 2002, technology enterprises had experienced a long winter. Take the statistics of Forbes in 2002 as an example: in 2002, the wealth of the richest 400 people in the United States shrank for the second year in a row, and the total wealth lost reached 74 billion US dollars, which was 328 billion US dollars lower than the 65,438 US dollars +0.2 trillion US dollars in 2000.
At that time, Gates' wealth shrank by $65,438 +0 1 billion. Although his position at the top of the list is unshakable, he lost the most among the rich, mainly because of the decline of Microsoft stock. In the two years since the bursting of the technology bubble in 2000, Gates' wealth has shrunk by $20 billion, making him the biggest loser. Last year, Gates' wealth was $43 billion. Although he made another $3 billion this year, compared with the scenery two years ago, this $3 billion is probably just a small comfort for Gates!
Warren Buffett, the investment giant, was wily and insisted on not touching technology stocks, so he escaped the collapse of technology stocks. As a result, Buffett's wealth rose instead of falling when the Internet bubble burst, and he was suddenly hailed as a visionary "God Man". According to the statistics of Forbes in 2002, his wealth increased by $3.7 billion to $36 billion. This year, it continues to lead the third place with $654.38+0.4 billion, but it is still very reassuring.
Third place, paul allen, one of the founders of Microsoft, is probably the most unstable one. Look at Buffett in front of him, he has dumped 654.38+0.4 billion. I'm afraid it will take many years to catch up, and the five brothers and sisters of the Wal-Mart family behind him only need him $500 million, and they are eagerly catching up. Allen's wealth has also shrunk dramatically in two years. In 2002, its wallet decreased by 7.2 billion compared with 200 1, leaving only 2 1 billion dollars. It is really unhappy to make a small profit 1 billion this year.
Helen Walton, robson walton, john Walton, jim walton and alice walton, the "five tigers" from the Wal-Mart family, are unstoppable. In 2002, they tied for the fourth to eighth place with their personal assets of $65.438+0.88 billion, accounting for half of the rich list of 65.438+00. This year, each person will be allocated $700 million, with an average asset of 20.5 billion, which is likely to surpass the third place, Allen.
Oracle Bone Inscriptions CEO Larry Ellison, who has always been regarded as a "bad boy", tried to "bring down Microsoft". In the past two years, his 10 list has also been ups and downs. At the best of times, Ellison's worth was almost the same as that of Gates, but it also fell miserably with the stock price plummeting. In 2002, his wealth shrank from $21.90 billion to $1.52 billion, and his ranking dropped from the fourth place in 2006 to the ninth place. Although it has not recovered this year and continues to rank ninth, it has soared by $2.8 billion from the net growth value of wealth, which is considerable and cannot be underestimated in the future.
Michael dell, who started by selling computers, entered the top club of 10 by squeezing out steve ballmer, CEO of Microsoft. Now he continues to be modest and prudent, and his wealth continues to grow.
Of course, there are winners and losers. It is said that the worst case is Gary Vinnik, whose telecommunications company, Global Telecom, has set the biggest bankruptcy case in the telecommunications industry and the fourth largest bankruptcy record in American history. Gary tried to "fail", but he was finally fired. Now he is no longer on the Forbes 400 rich list.
At the same time, the current rich list also shows that in the United States, wealth continues to migrate westward. California is twice as rich as new york. 95 of the 400 richest people are from California; Only 47 people are from new york. And 2 1 years ago, when the Forbes Rich List was launched, 8 1 of the 400 rich people came from new york and 56 from California. Forbes list shows that the rich are richer.
For the new Forbes rich list, Washington post commented on September 18: "For the super rich, the American economy is recovering." After two years of falling value, the top 400 richest people in the United States are catching up, and their total assets have increased by 10% compared with 2002, reaching $955 billion. In other words, as long as there is one Bill Gates, their total wealth will reach an astonishing 1 trillion dollars.
Compared with last year, the list of Forbes' "Top Ten List" has remained basically unchanged, and even the ranking order is similar. This proves once again that the concentration of American wealth in the hands of a handful of people has not improved at all. The rich are richer, but there are fewer dark horses.
According to Forbes analysis, the driving force for the overall growth of rich assets comes from the profits of Internet stocks and the development of high-tech products, and the fastest growth of wealth is those "Internet rich" who hold a large number of Internet stocks, such as Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon.com, whose assets increased by $3 billion to $565,438+billion, thanks to the soaring stock price brought by Amazon's excellent online retail business. Bezos ranked 32nd on the list. In addition, Yahoo's major shareholders have also gained a lot. The wealth of David Ferro and Yang Zhiyuan is three times that of last year, and the wealth of meg whitman, the female director of Ebay, and Pierre Omidell, the executive of eBay, has also increased by 50%. The richest people with rapidly increasing wealth also include Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Computer Company, which jumped 44 places to 78th place.
The rapid growth of wealth has raised the threshold for being selected into the list, and the rich with a value of less than 600 million dollars have long since missed the list.
The oldest rich man on the list is Max Fischer. At the age of 95, he started with oil and steel, with a wealth of $680 million.
The youngest is Daniel CERF, 3 1 year old. * * Together with his two brothers, he inherited the magazine publishing kingdom founded by his father, including PC Magazine, Boating and Car(Driver), with assets reaching1200 million US dollars.
Being rich doesn't mean having status. Not long ago, Fortune magazine selected 24 of the most powerful American billionaires, paying more attention to their influence on American economy, business operation and people's lifestyle. It was not Bill Gates, the richest man, but Buffett, the investment guru. In a survey conducted by Fortune magazine on recent MBA students in the United States, Buffett was rated as "the most respected person except their father", and his influence even surpassed that of US President Bush and the Pope. David (2302)