The fortune of the head of the investment company Berkshire Hathaway, Warren Buffett, has exceeded $ 100 billion, and therefore the list of billionaires with such a fortune has expanded to five people. Bloomberg reports. The agency estimates Buffett’s fortune at $ 100.4 billion.
In the Forbes Real-Time rating, Buffett is ranked fifth with a capital of $ 100.3 billion. The five richest people on the planet also include Amazon founder Jeff Bezos ($ 179.6 billion), Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk (165.1 billion), Dior and Louis Vuitton owner Bernard Arnault (158.5 billion) and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates ($ 125.6 billion).
Bloomberg notes that Buffett’s crossing of the $ 100 billion mark is especially remarkable considering how much money he donated to charity. He has donated over $ 37 billion since 2006.
Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway made $ 42.5 billion in 2020. At the same time, in September last year, the investor was among the poorest American wealthy. He lost $ 7.3 billion.
A recent study by the Hurun Research Institute found that the number of billionaires worldwide has reached 3,228. The combined wealth of the world’s richest people as of mid-January increased from $ 3.5 trillion to $ 14.7 trillion.