Forbes Billionaire List: Breakthrough of 3,000 for the first time, 16 crypto-field wealthy people including CZ and Tether CFO are on the list

PANews reported on April 2 that Forbes released the 39th Global Billionaire List, with the number of global billionaires exceeding 3,000 for the first time, reaching 3,028, and the total wealth is as high as US$16.1 trillion, an increase of US$2 trillion over last year. The list shows that the 15 richest people have a net worth of more than $100 billion, of which Elon Musk regained the title of world's richest man for $342 billion, followed by Mark Zuckerberg ($216 billion) and Jeff Bezos ($215 billion).

In addition, a total of 16 cryptocurrency wealthies are on the list, with a total wealth of more than US$164 billion and an average net worth of US$6.8 billion. Among them, Binance founder Zhao Changpeng became the world's richest cryptocurrency richest for US$63 billion. In addition, Tether's CFO Giancarlo Devasini ranked second with US$22.4 billion, and also Tether-related JL van der Velde, Paolo Ardoino and Stuart Hoegner also made the list.

Cryptocurrency exchange founders occupy important positions, including Coinbase co-founders Brian Armstrong and Fred Ehrsam, Gemini founders Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, and Tron founders Justin Sun. Others on the list include Chris Larsen of Ripple, Jed McCaleb of Stellar, investor Tim Draper and Michael Saylor, founder of Microstrategy. Saylor's company holds 528,185 bitcoins and individuals hold 17,732 bitcoins, and its crypto assets significantly improve their wealth ranking.

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