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Written by: Lin Ollie Binnedy
2021-04-07 16:10
Last update date: 2021-04-07 16:10
US financial magazine "Forbes" (Forbes) on Tuesday (6th) announced the 2021 global rich list. Amazon founder Jeff Bezos topped the list for the fourth consecutive year, with a net worth of US$177 billion (approximately). 1.4 trillion Hong Kong dollars).
In Hong Kong, Li Ka-shing, the founder of CKH Holdings, ranked 43rd in the world with a net worth of US$33.7 billion (HK$262.1 billion), and the two youngest Hong Kong tycoons were only 29 years old.
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There are two youngest Hong Kong tycoons on the Forbes rich list, both of whom are 29 years old.
One is Guo Jihao, the son of the late founder of Imperial Group Guo Bingxiang, with a net worth of US$2.4 billion (approximately HK$49 billion); the other is Sam Bankman-Fried, who has a net worth of US$8.7 billion (HK$67.7 billion).
Sam Bankman-Fried was born in San Francisco, USA. He graduated from the Department of Physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and worked as an international ETF trader at Jane Street Capital on Wall Street. He later founded the quantitative trading company Alameda Research.
He moved to Hong Kong at the end of 2018 and opened the crypto derivatives exchange FTX in 2019. By investing in cryptocurrency, he made the Forbes rich list for the first time and became one of the youngest richest people in Hong Kong.
CEO of Sam Bankman-Fried FTX Digital Asset Derivatives Exchange (picture from Alameda Research website)
Looking at the Forbes rich list, many people, like Sam Bankman-Fried, have become rich people from nothing. In 2001, nearly half of the richest people on the list were self-employed. Afterwards, the proportion is on the rise. This year, 70% of the richest people on the list are self-employed. Family.
Li Ka-shing regained the top spot on the Forbes rich list. The low-key rich man's net worth has soared 1.3 times!
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