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Hurun Global Rich List sees drastic changes

The world's billionaires, with a personal wealth of at least $1 billion, reported the biggest slump on record last year, with the total number down by 8 percent, to 3,112, according to the Hurun Global Rich List 2023 released on Thursday. The combined wealth of these billionaires also shrank 10 percent year-on-year, to $13.7 trillion.

Rupert Hoogewerf, chairman and chief researcher of Hurun Report, said such drastic contraction can be largely attributed to the sluggish performance of the stock market last year, which was a combined result of interest rate hikes, the appreciation of the US dollar, the popping of a COVID-driven tech bubble, and the continued impact of the Russia-Ukraine conflict.

Seventy-four-year-old Bernard Arnault, CEO of luxury conglomerate LVMH, took first place in the Hurun Global Rich List this year, with his wealth surging 32 percent year-on-year to $202 billion.

That can be largely attributed to LVMH's record high business results last year, with its sales revenue up 23 percent year-on-year to 79.2 billion euros, and profits up 22 percent from a year earlier, to 21.1 billion euros. Elon Musk, Tesla's chief executive and the world's richest man one year earlier, was dislodged to second place on the 2023 list, with his personal wealth down 23 percent, to $157 billion.

Bertrand Puech, 87, CEO of luxury kingdom Hermes, saw his position rise seven places to become the third richest person in the world on this year's list. His wealth has surged 31 percent year-on-year, to $134 billion. Large technology companies had a difficult time last year.

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, who came in at fourth on the latest list, saw his wealth shrink 37 percent to $118 billion in 2022. Microsoft founder Bill Gates dropped out of the top five for the first time since the inception of the Hurun Global Rich List. Coming in at sixth this year, his wealth contracted 11 percent to $110 billion.

China is home to the largest number of billionaires, with a total of 969 high net worth individuals entering the list this year. The United States came in second, accommodating 691 billionaires. The two economies accounted for 53 percent of the world's billionaires.

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