Founder and CEO of Tesla Inc. and SpaceX, Elon Musk has overtaken Amazon founder and former CEO Jeff Bezos becoming the leader of the Forbes list of the world's richest people.

Musk's fortune, according to the publication, was $219 billion as of March 11. At the same time, the amount given does not include Musk's recently acquired 9.2% stake in Twitter.

Bezos' net worth was $171 billion, he was second on the list. Bezos has been the richest man in the world for the past four years.

The top 5 richest people in the world also include Frenchman Bernard Arnault ($158 billion) and Americans Bill Gates ($129 billion) and Warren Buffett ($118 billion).

Meanwhile, data cited by Forbes showed that the total net worth of the list's dollar billionaires has fallen to $12.7 trillion from $13.1 trillion in 2021. And the list itself has become shorter by 87 positions - it includes 2,668 people. And yet, 40% of the new list of billionaires has been able to increase their wealth over the past year.

There are seven representatives of Ukraine on the list. Rinat Akhmetov with $ 4.2 billion is in the highest place – 687th. At the same time last year, with $7.6 billion, he was 327th.

Victor Pinchuk is 1,579th with $1.9 billion (a year ago with $2.5 billion), Vadim Novinsky and Kostiantyn Zhevaho – 2,190th with $1.3 billion (in 2021, respectively, $1.4 billion and $2.3 billion). billion), ex-owners of PrivatBank Hennadiy Boholiubov and Ihor Kolomoisky - respectively 2,448th with $1.1 billion and 2,578th with $1 billion (a year ago $1.7 billion and $1.8 billion).

The list also for the first time included the co-founder of the fintech bank Revolut Vlad Yatsenko with $1.1 billion.

At the same time, the wealth of Russian billionaires has fallen by more than $260 billion. There are 34 fewer Russian citizens on the new list.

Of the 2,668 billionaires, 327 are women, compared with 328 in the previous year list by Forbes. The number includes women who share their wealth with their spouses, the publication said. At the same time, 101 women from the list are self-made women billionaires, that is, they independently earned capital.

Forbes counted that the largest number of female billionaires are in the United States (90), China (63) and Germany (35).