2021 is a record year for the 'scroungers'.
The number of billionaires in the world jumped to 2,755, or 660 more than the previous year.
Overall they are worth 13.1 trillion, 8.000 more than in 2020. This is what emerges from the 35th annual ranking of the super rich by Forbes, in which 493 new entries are registered, about one every 17 years, of which 210 from China and Hong Kong.
Jeff Bezos confirms himself as the richest man in the world, with a fortune of 177 billion dollars. The silver medal goes to Elon Musk, with his 151 billion. Leonardo del Vecchio with its 25.8 billion dollars is the richest man in Italy and occupies the 62nd position of the Forbes ranking, according to which Giovanni Ferrero (40th), the king of Nutella, boasts a wealth of 35, 1 billion but he is 'officially' the richest in Belgium where he now resides. Giorgio Armani is 323rd with 7.7 billion and Silvio Berlusconi 327th with 7.6 billion. In the top ten of the world scams, in addition to Bezos in command for the fourth year and Musk, there are Bernard Arnault in third position with 150 billion followed by Bill Gates with 124 billion and Mark Zuckerberg with 97 billion. Donald Trump with his 2.4 billion dollars slips to 1,299 from 1,001 in 2020.