[자막뉴스] Billionaires surged even in corona… Seo Jeong-jin is the richest man in Korea
Forbes, a US economic journal that publishes the world’s richest people every year.
This year, we also compiled the current status of billionaires around the world based on stock prices and exchange rates.
The richest man in the world is undoubtedly Jeff Bezos, Amazon’s chief executive officer, who has held the number one spot for the fourth consecutive year.
The assets amount to a whopping 177 billion dollars and our money is 198 trillion won.
Elon Musk, Tesla CEO, Bernard Arno Louis Vuitton, Chairman of Moe Hennessy, and Bill Gates, Microsoft founder.
In Korea, 44 people were counted as billionaires. As the late Chairman Lee Kun-hee was removed from the list, Celltrion Group Chairman Seo Jeong-jin, whose assets were valued at 14.2 billion dollars and 15.9 trillion won, rose to the top.
NXC CEO Kim Jung-joo, Kakao Chairman Kim Bum-soo, and Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong took 2nd to 4th place.
It is remarkable that the number of billionaires around the world, including Korea, has increased amid the global economic downturn in the aftermath of Corona 19.
The number of billionaires counted this year was 2,755, an increase of 660 from last year.
About 490 people are newly listed as billionaires, which means an increase of 1 every 17 hours.
There were many people who were incorporated into billionaires due to company acquisition purpose, listing through spec, rising cryptocurrency price, and corona healthcare related.
The total net worth of billionaires also increased significantly from $8 trillion last year to $1.31 trillion this year.
(Coverage Kim Hyo-seop)
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