His wealth has roughly tripled from $35.5 billion in 2015, making him one of only 14 people worth more than $100 billion by Forbes’ reckoning. Excluding his fortune leaves a sizable hole in the Bloomberg index.

  • @Glowstick
    link
    English
    988 months ago

    Their list has always not included some of the truly richest people in the world, like for example some Saudis. It’s a pretty meaningless list.

    • @jeffwM
      link
      45
      edit-2
      8 months ago

      Pretty sure Forbes and Bloomberg also exclude criminals who obtained their wealth illegally

      Edit: looks like Saudis are excluded for similar reasons

      • Cyborganism
        link
        fedilink
        428 months ago

        Fun fact. Fourbe in French a means dishonest person. A liar. A hypocrite.

        I always thought Forbes looked a lot like that word.

        • @jeffwM
          link
          88 months ago

          Hey, I said illegal not unethical or immoral. Not defending anyone who is on the list lol

      • @Glowstick
        link
        English
        88 months ago

        Wow, such nonsense. ALL billionaires obtained significant portions of their wealth illegally

        • @jeffwM
          link
          138 months ago

          As I said in another comment, illegal /= unethical or immoral. Most people on the list used shady, yet legal, practices. Few probably engaged in outright illegal acts to obtain their wealth.