Taylor Swift makes billionaire debut, joins Elon Musk in the list of richest

Taylor Swift, who has joined the ranks of the world’s richest people, has also entered her billionaire “era”. Elon Musk has regained his spot as the world’s richest person in the annual ranking of billionaires, boosted by a surge in Tesla stock and SpaceX’s valuation. barons,

With a net worth of $231 billion, Musk overtook Amazon Executive Chairman Jeff Bezos ($185 billion) and LVMH CEO Bernard Arnault ($175 billion), respectively, in the 13th Hurun Global Rich Report, an annual survey conducted by China. Took second and third place. -based media and research firm Hurun. This marks Musk topping the list for the third time in four years.

Swift made her appearance on the list with an estimated net worth of $1.2 billion, driven by earnings from her Erasure Tour and re-recording her albums.

Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta Platform Inc., is in fourth place with a net worth of US$158 billion. However, according to the report, Zuckerberg experienced the most significant wealth increase among all individuals on the list, as Meta shares more than doubled.

Ryan Breslow, a 30-year-old Miami-based entrepreneur and chairman of fintech platform Bolt, entered the billionaires list this year with a net worth of US$1.3 billion, making him the youngest self-made billionaire on the list. Despite the average age of billionaires being 66, 93 billionaires are 40 or younger.

The list now includes 3,279 billionaires, up from 3,112 last year. Hurun reported a 5% increase in the number of billionaires and a 9% increase in their net worth. These billionaires represent 2,435 companies and are from 73 different countries.

Asset calculations are accurate as of January 15 of the current year.

According to the report, this is the first instance where more than half of the newly accumulated wealth on the list has been attributed to the rise in AI technology.

“AI has been a major driver of wealth growth,” Rupert Hoogewerff, Hurun president and chief researcher, said in a statement. “Whereas [Nvidia president] Jensen Huang made many headlines as Nvidia crossed the US$2 trillion mark and was included in the Hurun Top 30, resulting in a significant increase in their wealth as billionaires from Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Oracle and Meta joined as investors. Have seen. “Bet on the value generated by AI.”

According to the report, despite a shortfall of 155 billionaires, China retains its leading position with 814 individuals. The United States saw an increase of 109 billionaires, bringing their total to 800. According to the report, India recorded an increase of 84 billionaires, which is almost double that of the United Kingdom.