‘Ain’t we got fun’: Forbes says the rich are now worth US$16.1 trillion

Forbes billionaires list currently shows the world has 3028 people worth more than US$1 billion. They’re self-made entrepreneurs and investors plus many who were just born lucky. The US has 902 billionaires, China including Hong Kong 516 and India 205. As usual the rich get richer — now they are worth in total US$16.1 trillion, up $2 trillion since last year. Topping the billionaires list is Elon Musk with $342 billion, Mark Zuckerberg $216 billion and Jeff Bezos $215 billion. To find someone from Hong Kong, you have to scroll down to No.40: Li Ka-shing.

Here are the top 10 Chinese men in order of wealth on the Forbes list with the source of their money:

• Jensen Huang $98.7b Nvidia graphic chips maker
• Zhang Yi-ming $65.5b Bytedance and the insanely popular TikTok
• Zhao Chang-peng $62.9b Binance cryptocurrency exchange
• Zhong Shan-shan $57.7b Nongfu Spring bottled water
• Ma Hua-teng $56.2b Tencent Holdings technology conglomerate
• Lei Jun $43.5b Xiaomi smartphones
• Colin Huang $42.3b BDD Holdings ecommerce
• Li Ka-shing $38.9b diversified industries
• Robin Zeng $37.9b CATL batteries
• William Deng $33.3b NetEase games

Quote that rather sums it all up: “Rich people stay rich by living like they’re broke. Broke people stay broke by living like they’re rich.”