Forbesâ 35th Annual Worldâs Billionaires List: Facts And Figures 2021
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From left: Elon Musk, China s Kate Wang, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Nigeria s Aliko Dangote. Maja Hitij/Getty Images, Stefen Chow for Forbes, Michael Prince for Forbes (2)
Despite the pandemic, it was a record-setting year for the worldâs wealthiestâwith a $5 trillion surge in wealth and an unprecedented number of new billionaires.
Itâs been a year like no other, and we arenât talking about the pandemic. There were rapid-fire public offerings, surging cryptocurrencies and skyrocketing stock prices. The number of billionaires on