2018 relevant information on Forbes's global rich list

2018, the world's richest list: Ma Huateng became the richest Chinese, sitting on 295 billion yuan!

In February 28th, the Hurun Institute issued the "2018 Hurun global rich list", and the founder of the Amazon, the 54 year old Geoff Bezos, rose 71% and became the richest man in the world with 775 billion yuan (RMB). Of which it is worthy of concern is the Nanshan two rich: Ma Huateng, with 295 billion yuan, became the world's richest Chinese, followed by Xu Jiayin, with second in the Greater China area with 260 billion yuan.

Ma Huateng became the world's richest Chinese

Ma Huateng, chairman and chief executive of the Tencent board of directors

Over the past year, the number of the one billion dollar rich in the Greater China region has increased by 210 to 819, and the top ten in the Greater China region have entered the world's top 50.

According to statistics, the total number of Chinese rich list has been ahead of the United States for three consecutive years. The difference between the two countries is not big in the first two years, but this year, the number of rich people in China is 40% higher than that in the United States. In response, Hu said, "China is experiencing an amazing period of entrepreneurship, which has increased 210 US $one billion in the past year."

On the list of big China, Ma Huateng, 47, has become the world's richest man with 295 billion yuan (RMB), ranking fifteenth in the world, up 23 over last year. At the end of last year, in 50 days, Tencent had invested the strategic investment of Yonghui supermarket, super species, Carrefour and Wanda business, even the men's clothing brand merchant sea Lan's home, also confirmed to Tencent in January this year to sell 5% of the shares.

Xu Jiayin, chairman of the director of Hengda Real Estate Group

Xu Jiayin, 60, ranks second in the Greater China region with 260 billion yuan, ranking twentieth in the world. Ma Yun and his family fortune, aged 54, rank fourth in the Greater China region at 200 billion yuan, ranking twenty-sixth in the world, down 6 from last year. The 64 year old Wang Jianlin and his family took the top of the list with 170 billion yuan this year, ranking eighth in the Greater China, ranking thirty-sixth in the world, down 17 over last year.

Among the Great China rich who did not enter the top ten, several entrepreneurs' wealth increased rapidly. 55 year old Sun Hongbin, with a wealth of 69 billion 500 million yuan, leapt to 149th in the 2018 Hurun global rich list, up 1237 more than last year, and became the fastest growing entrepreneur in the Greater China region this year. At the age of 48, Zhou Hongyi, who was 75 billion 500 million yuan, jumped to 126th in the 2018 Hurun global rich list, up 666.

Jeff Bezos first made the world's richest man

Amazon Group Chairman and CEO Geoff Bezos -Industrial battery charger

As of January 31, 2018, a total of 2694 one billion US $one billion rich from 68 countries and 2157 enterprises had been on the "2018 Hurun global rich list", the highest in history. According to statistics, the total wealth of the list of rich people rose by 31% over last year to 66 trillion yuan, equivalent to 13.2% of global GDP. Of these, 1508 were growing and 567 were new. "Never so much wealth has been concentrated in so few people." Hu Run, chairman and chief investigator of Hu Run, said.

Among the top 10 of the world's richest list, 7 came from the United States, while the top 10 grew by an average of 37%.

Jeff Bezos, 54, made the first fortune in the world with fortune of 775 billion yuan, thanks to Amazon's share price growth of 70%. He is the third richest man in the world in the past six years after Carlos Slim and Bill Gate. Bezos entered the top ten of the Hurun global rich list two years ago.

Warren Buffett, 87, kept the second place, increasing wealth by 31% and becoming second people across the 100 billion dollar mark. Berkshire Hathaway's fortunes rose after announcing the shares of Israel's ticwa pharmaceuticals and its holdings of general motors, New York Mellon bank and Apple Corp. The US tax cuts also greatly increased his wealth.

Bill Gate, 62, slipped to third place this year, Hu said. "For the first time in five years, Gates is no longer the richest man on earth." Last year, Bill Gate donated $4 billion 600 million worth of Microsoft stock to his foundation.