Nine of these billionaires were US citizens, three deceased Indians, two Malaysians. Of the 21 dead rich people, only one was a woman – Nina Zhao, co-founder of the pharmaceutical company “WuXi App”. She died at the age of 56 after battling cancer for the past 20 years.
Also, in 2023, the famous Egyptian billionaire Mohammed Al Fayed – the father of Princess Diana’s beloved Dodi Al Fayed – passed away, he was 94 years old. He owned the hotel “Ritz” in Paris, but earlier the chain of department stores “Harrods” and the football club “Fulham” in London.
The oldest billionaires to die were Billy Joe “Red” McComb, 95, owner of a chain of car dealerships and founder of Clear Channel (now iHeartMedia), and Charles Munger, 99, vice president and shareholder of billionaire Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway.
Other billionaires who died in 2023 were American musician and businessman Jimmy Buffett, former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, Intel co-founder Gordon Moore, independent director of India’s largest paint company Asian Paints Ltd. Ashwan Dani (the richest on the deceased list, his wealth was estimated at 8 billion US dollars) and the last deceased Austrian billionaire Gaston Glock (engineer and inventor, creator of the Glock pistol, whose assets were estimated at 1.1 billion) and others.
According to “Forbes” estimates, there are currently 2,589 billionaires in the world, and in 2022 there will be 2,668. The richest of all is the owner of the automobile company “Tesla”, the space research station “Space X” and the social network “X”, whose value is estimated at more than 245 billion. The total value of the assets of Pasuale’s billionaires at the beginning of 2023 was calculated at 12.7 trillion US dollars, which is half a trillion less than a year earlier. According to “Forbes” calculations, most billionaires have become poorer than a year ago. The most accurate data of “Forbes” calculations are expected in the spring, as every year.
2024-01-01 20:40:00
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