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Chairman of Icahn Enterprises Carl Icahn is the richest Florida resident. Worth $15.8 billion, he made No. 124 on Forbes World s Billionaires List. (Neilson Barnard/Getty Images for New York Times)
FLORIDA The coronavirus has wreaked havoc on the U.S. economy, yet billionaires in Florida and across the globe are significantly wealthier than they were a year ago, according to this year s recently released Forbes World s Billionaires List.
The number of billionaires on Forbes 35th annual list jumped to an unprecedented 2,755 people, 660 more than a year ago. Altogether, they are worth $13.1 trillion, up from $8 trillion in 2020.
Among those on the list, 86 percent are richer today than they were a year ago.