27 Turks in the world billionaires league

The number of people on the Forbes Billionaires List, an American business magazine, rose to 2,781 this year, while the total wealth of billionaires reached 14.2 trillion dollars. Bernard Arnault, CEO of luxury goods giant LVMH, became the richest person in the world for the second time with a fortune of 233 billion dollars, while 27 names from Turkey were on the list this year. Murat Ülker, a member of the Board of Directors of Yıldız Holding, ranked 597th on the list as the richest person in Turkey with a fortune of 5.1 billion dollars. The number of people on the Forbes Billionaires List, an American business magazine, rose to 2,781 this year, while the total wealth of billionaires reached 14.2 trillion dollars. The Billionaires List, published by Forbes for the 38th time this year, showed that both the number and wealth of billionaires worldwide have increased. Accordingly, the number of billionaires increased by 141 people compared to the previous year, breaking a record by reaching 2,781. The total wealth of billionaires also increased by $2 trillion, reaching $14.2 trillion. The richest Arnault Bernard Arnault, CEO of luxury goods giant LVMH, topped the list as the richest person in the world for the second time with a fortune of $233 billion. Arnault, the manager of the company that owns brands such as Louis Vuitton, Tiffany & Co, Christian Dior and Sephora, had a fortune of $22 billion compared to the previous year. Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, came in second on the list with a fortune of $195 billion, while Jeff Bezos, the founder of US e-commerce giant Amazon, came in third with a fortune of $194 billion. The oldest billionaire is 102, and the youngest billionaire is 19 years old Women constituted approximately 13 percent of billionaires, as in the previous year. The richest woman in the world is Françoise Bettencourt Meyers, the granddaughter of L'Oréal's founder, with a fortune of $99.5 billion. While the average age of billionaires is 66, the oldest billionaire is recorded as 102-year-old American insurance mogul George Joseph. 19-year-old Brazilian Livia Voigt, whose grandfather was the co-founder of electrical equipment manufacturer WEG, was on the list as the youngest billionaire. It was stated that 25 of the richest billionaires are 33 or younger. Their total wealth was calculated as $110 billion. The country with the most billionaires was the USA with 813 people. This country was followed by China with 473 billionaires and India with 200 billionaires. Artificial intelligence increased the wealth of technology billionaires While the intense demand for artificial intelligence generally supports the rise in technology stocks, it also increased the total wealth of technology billionaires by approximately $750 billion in just one year, bringing it to $2.6 trillion. The demand for artificial intelligence has helped add many people working in the field to the list, including Super Micro Computer CEO Charles Liang, Advanced Micro Device CEO Lisa Su, and Nvidia Board Member Harvey Jones. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, developer of the AI chatbot ChatGPT, also joined the ranks of billionaires. 27 names from Turkey on the list There were 27 names from Turkey on Forbes’ Billionaires List this year. Yıldız Holding Board Member Murat Ülker is the richest person in Turkey with a fortune of $5.1 billion, ranked 597th on the list. Ülker was followed by Kazancı Holding Board Chairman Cemil Kazancı with a fortune of $3.5 billion, Koç Holding Board Member İpek Kıraç with a fortune of $3.1 billion, Koç Holding Board Member Semahat Arsel with a fortune of $3 billion, and Erdemoğlu Holding Board Chairman İbrahim Erdemoğlu with a fortune of $2.8 billion. Baykar Chairman of the Board Selçuk Bayraktar, who broke the income tax record in 2021 and 2022, and Baykar General Manager Haluk Bayraktar, who is in second place on the tax list, are the new names that joined Forbes' list this year. Baykar, which has become the world's largest UAV exporter by exporting to 34 countries, earns more than 90 percent of its revenues from exports. The total wealth of Turkish billionaires is calculated as approximately $56.1 billion.