The super rich are becoming increasingly and richer

TechMilliarche Elon Musk has almost doubled his assets as the richest person in the world since last year. According to the current Forbes estimate, the 53-year-old advisor of US President Donald Trump has $ 342 billion-$ 147 billion more than in the spring of 2024. And this, although the share price of its e-car manufacturer Tesla has dropped significantly in recent weeks-in the previous year he is still in plus.

Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg (40) comes in second place on the well-known Forbes list with $ 216 billion, just ahead of Amazon boss Jeff Bezos (61), whose assets are estimated at $ 215 billion.

More than 3,000 billionaires for the first time

Overall, the number of super rich has risen steeply over the past 20 years. In 2005 there were 587 billionaires worldwide. This year, more than $ 3,000 billionaires were counted for the first time with a common assets of $ 16.1 trillion.

The United States and China are the only countries in the world whose gross domestic product exceeds this value. 20 years ago, the super -rich had « only » around 2.2 trillion.

The United States and China also lead the ranking of the countries with the most billionaires – with 902 and 450 super rich. In third place, India with 205 billionaires and Germany is in fourth place with 171.

According to Forbes Lidl owner Dieter Schwarz, the most wealthy German is $ 41 billion. In second place is Klaus-Michael Kuehne, honorary chairman of the Kuehne & Nagel logistics empire.

German is the youngest billionaire in the world

The youngest billionaire on the Forbes list comes from Germany. It is the only 19-year-old Johannes von Baumbach, who, according to Forbes, holds shares worth $ 5.4 billion in the family-owned pharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim.