Vuong, 58, chairman of Vietnam’s largest listed company Vingroup, ranked 68th globally on Monday morning with US$34 billion in net worth, according to real-time data by Forbes.
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Pham Nhat Vuong, Vingroup chairman. Photo courtesy of Vingroup |
Among billionaires in their 50s, Elon Musk, 55, founder of electric vehicle producer Tesla, led with $908 billion in wealth.
The world’s richest person was followed by Google co-founders Larry Page, and Sergey Brin, both 53, each with over $250 billion in net worth.
American hedge fund manager Ken Griffin, 58 ranked fourth with nearly $57 billion, followed by Chinese tech giant Tencent chairman Ma Huateng, 54, with $45 billion.
Other billionaires in the top 10 were battery tycoon Robin Zeng, game tycoon William Ding, financial software tycoon Andrea Pignataro, and investor Peter Thiel, with net worth ranging from $36 billion to $45 billion.
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Elon Musk in Washington D.C. on Nov. 13, 2024. Photo by AFP |
Together these 10 billionaires manage over $1.7 trillion in assets, larger than any other age group, mostly because of Musk’s net worth.