In the world's billionaires ranking, published by the Bloomberg agency, the palm is held by the American Elon Musk. His fortune today is $238 billion.
Musk remained the wealthiest person in the world
At the end of the year, Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk remains the wealthiest person in the world.
This is evidenced by the rating of billionaires published by the Bloomberg agency.
According to the rating data, Musk's fortune today is $238 billion. Since the beginning of the year, they have increased by $101 billion.
The second place on the list is occupied by the French businessman Bernard Arnault, who has a controlling stake in the LVMH company, with $179 billion.
The founder and former CEO of Amazon, Jeff Bezos, whose fortune is estimated at $178 billion, is in third place.
The top ten wealthiest people in the world also include Microsoft founder Bill Gates ($140 billion), former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer ($130 billion), Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg ($129 billion), co-founders of Google and Alphabet Larry Page ($127 billion) and Sergey Brin ($120 billion, 9th place in the ranking), the founder and chairman of Oracle Corporation Larry Ellison ($124 billion), American investor and philanthropist Warren Buffett ($120 billion).
The only Ukrainian on the list is Rinat Akhmetov. He ranks 471st with a fortune of $5.77 billion. Since the beginning of the year, they have increased by $437 million.
Among the Russians, the head of Nornickel, Volodymyr Potanin, was in the highest position in the rating (48th), with a fortune of $30.7 billion.
Large companies stop advertising in X
According to media reports, Lionsgate and Warner Bros, Paramount, Sony Pictures, and Comcast/NBCUniversal will suspend advertising on X.
IBM made a similar move the night before. The New York Times said that Disney would also freeze spending on social media.
As noted, Apple's ads, which also refused to cooperate, were shown alongside tweets praising Adolf Hitler and the Nazis.
IBM, also one of X's biggest advertisers, announced the end of advertising on X on Thursday. The company decided in response to a report by the liberal watchdog Media Matters, which found that IBM and Apple ads were placed next to hateful tweets. In response, Musk called Media Matters an "evil organization."
In response to the companies' actions, Musk said that X would file a "thermonuclear" lawsuit against all organizations that opposed his social network.
