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Itâs been an extraordinary year by nearly every estimation â and despite the pandemic, billionairesâ wealth has continued to grow (up $5.1 trillion in total from 2020). There are the mainstays, Jeff Bezos sits at the top for the fourth consecutive year, then the second to sixth positions are tussled between by the regular fixtures of Elon Musk, Bernard Arnault, Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg and Warren Buffett (in that order).
But, further down the list, there are a wealth of newcomers to the three comma club â 63 women joining for the first time, a handful of self-made billionaires in their 20s and crypto magnates who have embraced the possibilities â and volatility â of crypto currencies and come out on top.
Who is Michael Herd?
Michael Herd is the heir and grandson of Bob Herd, who started the oil and natural gas firm Herd Producing Company, Inc. in Tyler, Texas, with his wife and two daughters. Michael is currently the vice president of the company, which operates over 400 oil wells across Louisiana and East Texas.
The couple met each other in 2013 in Aspen and got married at a fairytale ceremony in Italy in 2017.
They are now doting parents to their son Bobby Lee Herd II, who was born in December 2019. Wolfe Herd often posts photographs of her happy family. She appears to be in a loving relationship with her husband, whom she even referred to as my everything in her posts.