Cannes Lions International Festival Of Creativity 2024 – Day Three

The Top 10 Richest People In The World (September 2024)


<p><strong>The Amazon founder is heading to space in July. He isn&#8217;t the first billionaire astronaut, and he won&#8217;t be the last, but he will be the first to bring his own spaceship.</strong></p>



<p class="has-text-align-center"><strong><em>By Kenrick Cai, Forbes Staff</em></strong></p>



<p>On Monday, Jeff Bezos announced that he would fly into space in late July on his company Blue Origin’s spacecraft. The flight, scheduled for July 20, will take place just two weeks after Bezos steps down as CEO of Amazon, the e-commerce firm he founded in 1994. The occasion would make Bezos, now the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.forbes.com/real-time-billionaires/#1028f1363d78">world’s second-richest person</a>, the first of the “space billionaires”—entrepreneurs who are funding space industry innovations—to personally visit outer space. But Bezos isn’t the first, and he’s far from the last billionaire astronaut. (The big question mark? Elon Musk, who has often stated his desire to travel into space but hasn&#8217;t yet announced concrete plans to do so.)</p>



<p>Here are the billionaires who have already gone to space or are scheduled to go to space soon:</p>



<h2 class="has-text-align-center wp-block-heading" id="h-the-billionaires-who-ve-already-been-to-space"><strong>The Billionaires Who’ve Already Been To Space</strong></h2>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Charles Simonyi</strong></h3>



<div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="aligncenter size-large is-resized"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="https://cms.forbesafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/GettyImages-73941854-1024x839.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-51260" width="512" height="419" srcset="https://cms.forbesafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/GettyImages-73941854-1024x839.jpg 1024w, https://cms.forbesafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/GettyImages-73941854-300x246.jpg 300w, https://cms.forbesafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/GettyImages-73941854-768x629.jpg 768w, https://cms.forbesafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/GettyImages-73941854-1536x1259.jpg 1536w, https://cms.forbesafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/GettyImages-73941854-2048x1678.jpg 2048w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px" /><figcaption> (Photo by Bill Ingalls/NASA via Getty Images)</figcaption></figure></div>



<h4 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>When:&nbsp;</strong>April 2007 and March 2009</h4>



<h4 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Where:</strong>&nbsp;International Space Station</h4>



<h4 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>How:&nbsp;</strong>Russian Soyuz via Space Adventures</h4>



<p>Charles Simonyi, who built the first versions of Microsoft Office, was the first billionaire to go to space, and he remains the only one who’s gone twice. The Hungarian-born software developer joined Microsoft as its 40th employee in 1981 and stayed until 2002, before rejoining in 2017 when his former employer acquired his new company, Intentional Software. During his time away from the tech giant, Simonyi took two trips to the International Space Station via  space tourism firm Space Adventures, which together cost him some $60 million. Said Simonyi of the experience during a <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/katiasavchuk/2015/01/04/what-to-pack-for-space-travel-charles-simonyi-space-adventures-virgin-galactic/">2015 interview with <em>Forbes</em></a>: “Every 90 minutes, you see spring, you see fall, you see the Arctic, you see the tropics, you see night, you see day.”</p>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Guy Laliberté</strong></h3>



<div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="aligncenter size-large is-resized"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="https://cms.forbesafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/GettyImages-91787549-1024x780.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-51263" width="552" height="420" srcset="https://cms.forbesafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/GettyImages-91787549-1024x780.jpg 1024w, https://cms.forbesafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/GettyImages-91787549-300x229.jpg 300w, https://cms.forbesafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/GettyImages-91787549-768x585.jpg 768w, https://cms.forbesafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/GettyImages-91787549-1536x1170.jpg 1536w, https://cms.forbesafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/GettyImages-91787549-2048x1560.jpg 2048w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 552px) 100vw, 552px" /><figcaption>(Photo credit should read YURI KOCHETKOV/AFP via Getty Images)</figcaption></figure></div>



<h4 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>When:&nbsp;</strong>September 2009</h4>



<h4 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Where:</strong>&nbsp;International Space Station</h4>



<h4 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>How:</strong>&nbsp;Russian Soyuz via Space Adventures</h4>



<p>Former fire-breathing street performer Guy Laliberté got rich after cofounding circus entertainment company Cirque Du Soleil in 1984. The Canadian entrepreneur grew it into an international operation, then finally took a months-long break in 2009 to train for a flight to the International Space Station. He paid $35 million for the ticket, which was Space Adventures’ final private spaceflight for more than a decade. “Basically you&#8217;re going through a car crash,” he <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevenbertoni/2011/06/09/why-cirque-du-soleil-billionaire-guy-laliberte-traveled-to-space/">said of the landing</a>. “As soon as we hit the ground I wanted to go back up there and do the ride again.”</p>



<h2 class="has-text-align-center wp-block-heading" id="h-the-billionaires-heading-to-space-in-the-near-future"><strong>The Billionaires Heading To Space In The Near Future</strong></h2>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Jeff Bezos</strong></h3>



<h4 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>When:</strong>&nbsp;July 2021</h4>



<h4 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Where:</strong>&nbsp;Kármán line</h4>



<h4 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>How:&nbsp;</strong>Blue Origin New Shepard</h4>



<p>Since founding Blue Origin in 2000, Bezos, the world’s second richest person, has pumped an estimated $7.5 billion of his own cash into the aerospace company, according to space-focused venture firm Space Capital. Bezos announced Monday that he, alongside younger brother Mark, will be passengers on the firm’s first crewed space flight, set to launch on July 20, just two weeks after he transitions to become the executive chairman of Amazon. The flight is scheduled to cross the Kármán line, the internationally recognized border to outer space, more than 60 miles above the Earth’s surface, before making its descent. “Ever since I was five years old, I’ve dreamed of traveling to space,” Bezos said in an Instagram post on June 7.</p>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Jared Isaacman</strong></h3>



<div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="aligncenter size-large is-resized"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="https://cms.forbesafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/GettyImages-1230932973-1024x683.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-51261" width="516" height="344" srcset="https://cms.forbesafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/GettyImages-1230932973-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://cms.forbesafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/GettyImages-1230932973-300x200.jpg 300w, https://cms.forbesafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/GettyImages-1230932973-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cms.forbesafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/GettyImages-1230932973-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cms.forbesafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/GettyImages-1230932973-2048x1365.jpg 2048w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 516px) 100vw, 516px" /><figcaption>(Photo by Patrick T. FALLON / AFP) (Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)</figcaption></figure></div>



<h4 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>When:&nbsp;</strong>September 2021</h4>



<h4 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Where:</strong>&nbsp;Geocentric orbit</h4>



<h4 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>How:&nbsp;</strong>SpaceX Dragon spacecraft</h4>



<p>Payment processing entrepreneur Jared Isaacman is also a flight geek—<a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/giacomotognini/2020/10/07/meet-the-new-billionaire-who-dropped-out-of-high-school-and-flies-fighter-jets-for-fun/">he’s flown in air shows, and pilots fighter jets for fun</a>. Now, Isaacman is set to be the commander on the world’s first <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/valeriestimac/2021/02/01/spacex-announces-first-all-civilian-mission-to-space-inspiration4/">all-civilian mission to space</a>. The billionaire purchased all four seats aboard the SpaceX-operated flight, which is meant to raise awareness for St. Jude Children’s Hospital; among <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/valeriestimac/2021/03/30/meet-the-final-two-members-of-the-worlds-first-all-civilian-spaceflight-mission-inspiration4/">the crewmates</a> selected is Hayley Arceneaux, a childhood cancer survivor.</p>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Yusaku Maezawa</strong></h3>



<div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="aligncenter size-large is-resized"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="https://cms.forbesafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/GettyImages-1047841562-1024x747.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-51265" width="575" height="419" srcset="https://cms.forbesafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/GettyImages-1047841562-1024x747.jpg 1024w, https://cms.forbesafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/GettyImages-1047841562-300x219.jpg 300w, https://cms.forbesafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/GettyImages-1047841562-768x560.jpg 768w, https://cms.forbesafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/GettyImages-1047841562-1536x1120.jpg 1536w, https://cms.forbesafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/GettyImages-1047841562-2048x1494.jpg 2048w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px" /><figcaption> (Photo by TOSHIFUMI KITAMURA/AFP via Getty Images)</figcaption></figure></div>



<h4 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>When:&nbsp;</strong>December 2021 and month TBD in 2023</h4>



<h4 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Where:&nbsp;</strong>International Space Station and around the Moon</h4>



<h4 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>How:</strong>&nbsp;Russia Soyuz via Space Adventures and SpaceX Starship</h4>



<p>Japanese billionaire Maezawa made his fortune by founding Zozotown, which at one point was his home country’s largest online fashion mall. In 2018, SpaceX’s Elon Musk announced that Maezawa would be its first private customer to fly around the Moon. Earlier this year, the entrepreneur <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/valeriestimac/2021/05/13/japanese-billionaire-yusaku-maezawa-announces-new-space-tourism-flight-plan-for-late-2021/">added another space destination</a> to his plans: through Space Adventures, he will now be the first space tourist to visit the International Space Station since Laliberté in 2009.</p>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Richard Branson</strong></h3>



<div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="aligncenter size-large is-resized"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="https://cms.forbesafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/GettyImages-1178649355-1024x683.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-51262" width="608" height="405" srcset="https://cms.forbesafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/GettyImages-1178649355-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://cms.forbesafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/GettyImages-1178649355-300x200.jpg 300w, https://cms.forbesafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/GettyImages-1178649355-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cms.forbesafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/GettyImages-1178649355-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cms.forbesafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/GettyImages-1178649355-2048x1365.jpg 2048w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 608px) 100vw, 608px" /><figcaption> (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)</figcaption></figure></div>



<h4 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>When:&nbsp;</strong>Late 2021 (exact time TBD)</h4>



<h4 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Where:&nbsp;</strong>About 55 miles above the Earth’s surface</h4>



<h4 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>How:&nbsp;</strong>Virgin Galactic Unity spacecraft</h4>



<p>Continued setbacks mean Bezos is set to beat Branson as the first “space billionaire” to reach outer space. Branson is scheduled to be a passenger on Virgin Galactic’s third rocket-powered test flight, which CEO Michael Colglazier earlier told investors was planned to launch by March of this year. The first of those flights was ultimately completed in May; Branson’s flight, the third in the Virgin Galactic test flight series, is scheduled for later this year. The flights take passengers to about 55 miles above the Earth’s surface, which meets the FAA’s definition of spaceflight. After the series of test flights is completed, the company’s commercial service will begin operation. More than 600 passengers, including actors Angelina Jolie and Tom Hanks, have already booked flights. Some have waited more than a decade since their ticket purchase.</p>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Sergey Brin</strong></h3>



<div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="aligncenter size-large is-resized"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="https://cms.forbesafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/GettyImages-1057560642-1024x750.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-51266" width="508" height="372" srcset="https://cms.forbesafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/GettyImages-1057560642-1024x750.jpg 1024w, https://cms.forbesafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/GettyImages-1057560642-300x220.jpg 300w, https://cms.forbesafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/GettyImages-1057560642-768x562.jpg 768w, https://cms.forbesafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/GettyImages-1057560642-1536x1124.jpg 1536w, https://cms.forbesafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/GettyImages-1057560642-2048x1499.jpg 2048w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 508px) 100vw, 508px" /><figcaption> (Photo by Kelly Sullivan/Getty Images for Breakthrough Prize)</figcaption></figure></div>



<h4 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>When:&nbsp;</strong>TBD</h4>



<h4 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Where:&nbsp;</strong>International Space Station</h4>



<h4 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>How:&nbsp;</strong>TBD via Space Adventures</h4>



<p>In 2008, Google cofounder Sergey Brin became an investor in Space Adventures through a $5 million deposit usable for a future orbital spaceflight. While Space Adventures will be resuming its private flights to the International Space Station this year, starting with billionaire Maezawa, it is unclear if or when Brin plans to go up.</p>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss</strong></h3>



<div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="aligncenter size-large is-resized"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="https://cms.forbesafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/GettyImages-676417528-860x1024.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-51264" width="540" height="643" srcset="https://cms.forbesafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/GettyImages-676417528-860x1024.jpg 860w, https://cms.forbesafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/GettyImages-676417528-252x300.jpg 252w, https://cms.forbesafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/GettyImages-676417528-768x914.jpg 768w, https://cms.forbesafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/GettyImages-676417528-1291x1536.jpg 1291w, https://cms.forbesafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/GettyImages-676417528-1721x2048.jpg 1721w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px" /><figcaption>  (Photo by Gregg DeGuire/WireImage)</figcaption></figure></div>



<h4 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>When:</strong>&nbsp;TBD</h4>



<h4 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Where:&nbsp;</strong>Suborbital space</h4>



<h4 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>How:&nbsp;</strong>Virgin Galactic spacecraft</h4>



<p>he Winklevoss twins are among the hundreds of passengers who have booked commercial space flights through Virgin Galactic, though they remain the only (publicly disclosed) customers who used bitcoin for the purchase. They used the cryptocurrency to purchase a pair of tickets that cost the equivalent of $250,000 each in January 2014. Based on current trading prices, the bitcoin they spent is worth more than $10 million today.</p>


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<p><strong>THE CHANGING FORTUNES OF THE WORLD’S RICHEST</strong></p>



<p class="has-drop-cap">After briefly becoming the <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/hayleycuccinello/2020/08/31/elon-musk-100-billion-net-worth/#7d8e258880ed">fifth centibillionaire in the world</a> on Monday, August 31, Tesla CEO Elon Musk ended the week down $9.9 billion as tech companies — and their founders’ fortunes — took a hit.</p>



<p>While tech companies have largely been driving the stock market’s surge during the pandemic, heavyweights like Facebook and Amazon took a spill on Thursday and Friday during what some observers&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ft.com/content/bd5804ef-94d0-45b4-9c2b-8fb7996ec5f6" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">are calling a correction</a>. The S&amp;P 500 was down 2.3% for the week, while the Dow Jones Industrial Index fell 1.8%. Tesla stock started to falter on Wednesday,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2020/09/02/teslas-largest-outside-shareholder-reduces-holding-citing-portfolio-restrictions.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">after news broke that</a>&nbsp;its largest outside shareholder, Scottish investment firm Ballie Gifford, reduced its stake in the company. The stock ended the week down 5.5%.&nbsp;</p>



<p>Even with the decline, Musk is four times wealthier than he was a year ago, with a net worth of $87.9 billion. He is currently the fifth richest person in the world, $5.5 billion ahead of Warren Buffett.</p>



<p>The richest man in the world, Jeff Bezos, hit a milestone last week when he became the first person tracked by Forbes with a fortune that exceeded $200 billion. With Amazon shares worth 3% less than a week ago at the market close on Friday, Bezos’ fortune dropped  $5.8 billion to $193.5 billion. His ex-wife, MacKenzie Scott (net worth: $62.4 billion), is $2 billion poorer this week.</p>



<div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="aligncenter size-large"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="594" height="425" src="https://www.forbesafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/gettyimages-1148401100-594x594-1.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-46514" srcset="https://cms.forbesafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/gettyimages-1148401100-594x594-1.jpg 594w, https://cms.forbesafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/gettyimages-1148401100-594x594-1-300x215.jpg 300w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 594px) 100vw, 594px" /><figcaption>Amazon Founder and CEO Jeff Bezos in Las Vegas, Nevada on June 6, 2019.   (Photo by MARK RALSTON/AFP via Getty Images)</figcaption></figure></div>



<p>Mark Zuckerberg’s fortune fell $4 billion as Facebook shares dropped 3.7% in the past week. He’s been more vocal than ever before about political misinformation on the social media platform and announced steps to mitigate the problem. On Wednesday, he and his wife, Priscilla Chan, announced a&nbsp;<a href="https://gizmodo.com/zuckerberg-drops-300-million-to-support-u-s-elections-1844921516" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">$300 million donation</a>&nbsp;to support voting infrastructure, such as protective equipment for poll workers and polling place rentals. On Thursday, he said that Facebook would&nbsp;<a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2020/09/03/facebook-will-block-new-political-ads-in-the-week-leading-up-to-election-day/#30873f0b7950">block new political ads</a>&nbsp;during the week before Election Day, and flag posts in which a candidate tries to claim a premature victory.&nbsp;</p>



<p>Quicken Loans cofounder Dan Gilbert had a chaotic week as shares of the online mortgage lender’s parent company, Rocket Companies, soared midweek ahead of the company’s first earnings report since it went public in August. Although <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.thestreet.com/investing/rocket-rkt-earnings-mortgage-initial-public-offering" target="_blank">it reported strong profits</a>, the stock corrected itself and ended the week down more than 13%. As of Friday, September 4, Gilbert is worth $51 billion — $7.3 billion less than last week, but nearly eight times richer than he was a year ago.</p>



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<p><strong>HERE ARE THE BILLIONAIRES WHOSE FORTUNES FELL THE MOST THIS WEEK.</strong></p>



<p><em>The net worth change is from close of markets Friday, August 28, to Friday, September 4.</em></p>



<h4 class="has-vivid-red-color has-text-color wp-block-heading"><strong>1 | ELON MUSK</strong></h4>



<p>NET WORTH |&nbsp;<strong>$87.9 BILLION, DOWN $9.9 BILLION</strong></p>



<p>COUNTRY |&nbsp;<strong>UNITED STATES</strong></p>



<p>SOURCE OF WEALTH |<strong>&nbsp;TESLA</strong></p>



<h4 class="has-vivid-red-color has-text-color wp-block-heading"><strong>2 | DAN GILBERT</strong></h4>



<p>NET WORTH |&nbsp;<strong>$51 BILLION, DOWN $7.3 BILLION</strong></p>



<p>COUNTRY |&nbsp;<strong>UNITED STATES</strong></p>



<p>SOURCE OF WEALTH |<strong> QUICKEN LOANS</strong></p>



<h4 class="has-vivid-red-color has-text-color wp-block-heading"><strong>3 | JEFF BEZOS</strong></h4>



<p>NET WORTH |&nbsp;<strong>$193.5 BILLION, DOWN</strong>&nbsp;<strong>$5.8 BILLION</strong></p>



<p>COUNTRY |&nbsp;<strong>UNITED STATES﻿</strong></p>



<p>SOURCE OF WEALTH |<strong> AMAZON</strong></p>



<h4 class="has-vivid-red-color has-text-color wp-block-heading"><strong>4 | </strong> <strong>STEVE BALLMER</strong></h4>



<p>NET WORTH |&nbsp;<strong>$72.9 BILLION, DOWN $4.1 BILLION</strong></p>



<p>COUNTRY |&nbsp;<strong>UNITED STATES</strong></p>



<p>SOURCE OF WEALTH |<strong> MICROSOFT</strong></p>



<h4 class="has-vivid-red-color has-text-color wp-block-heading"><strong>5 | MARK ZUCKERBERG</strong></h4>



<p>NET WORTH | &nbsp;<strong>$103.8 BILLION, DOWN $4 BILLION</strong></p>



<p>COUNTRY |&nbsp;<strong>UNITED STATES</strong></p>



<p>SOURCE OF WEALTH |<strong> FACEBOOK</strong></p>



<h4 class="has-vivid-red-color has-text-color wp-block-heading"><strong>6 | LARRY ELLISON</strong></h4>



<p>NET WORTH |&nbsp;<strong>$74.2 BILLION, DOWN $2.7 BILLION</strong></p>



<p>COUNTRY |&nbsp;<strong>UNITED STATES</strong></p>



<p>SOURCE OF WEALTH |<strong> ORACLE</strong></p>



<h4 class="has-vivid-red-color has-text-color wp-block-heading"><strong>7 | AMANCIO ORTEGA</strong></h4>



<p>NET WORTH |&nbsp;<strong>$65.3 BILLION, DOWN $2.5 BILLION</strong></p>



<p>COUNTRY |&nbsp;<strong>SPAIN</strong></p>



<p>SOURCE OF WEALTH |<strong> ZARA</strong></p>



<h4 class="has-vivid-red-color has-text-color wp-block-heading"><strong>8 | MA HUATENG</strong></h4>



<p>NET WORTH |&nbsp;<strong>$57.5 BILLION, DOWN $2.3 BILLION</strong></p>



<p>COUNTRY |&nbsp;<strong>CHINA</strong></p>



<p>SOURCE OF WEALTH |<strong> TENCENT</strong></p>



<h4 class="has-vivid-red-color has-text-color wp-block-heading"><strong>9 | LARRY PAGE</strong></h4>



<p>NET WORTH |&nbsp;<strong>$70.6 BILLION, DOWN $2.2 BILLION</strong></p>



<p>COUNTRY |&nbsp;<strong>UNITED STATES</strong></p>



<p>SOURCE OF WEALTH |<strong> GOOGLE</strong></p>



<h4 class="has-vivid-red-color has-text-color wp-block-heading"><strong>10 | SERGEY BRIN</strong></h4>



<p>NET WORTH |&nbsp;<strong>$68.7 BILLION, DOWN $2.1 BILLION</strong></p>



<p>COUNTRY |&nbsp;<strong>UNITED STATES</strong></p>



<p>SOURCE OF WEALTH |<strong> GOOGLE</strong></p>



<p><em>-Ariel Shapiro, Forbes Staff</em></p>


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