The Hurun Research Institute has published its Hurun Global Rich List 2022, ranking a new record of 3,381 billionaires whose total wealth regardless of the Russia-Ukraine war and the impact of Covid-19 continued to rise by 4% to $15.2 trillion.<\/p>\n
The chief researcher Rupert Hoogewerf said that the Russia-Ukraine war, Covid-19 and the US-China Trade War contributed to 337 billionaires dropping off the list this year, almost one a day.<\/p>\n
“However, continued digitalisation of the economy, tech innovations as well as inflation helped 490 new faces make the list, giving a surprising net increase of 153 billionaires.”<\/p>\n
Currently, there are 1,124 more billionaires than there were five years ago – a 50% increase.<\/p>\n
Hoogewerf noted that as the world pushes toward the fifth industrial revolution, spurred on by biotech advances and Covid-19, healthcare has become the second most important source of wealth for billionaires after financial services, which overtook real estate.<\/p>\n
“Five years ago, healthcare was not even a top five source of wealth,” stressed Hoogewerf.<\/p>\n
The table below details the top industries and companies:<\/p>\n
| Rank<\/th>\n | Industry\/Job sector<\/th>\n | % of billionaires<\/th>\n | % of change<\/th>\n | Richest person<\/th>\n | Company<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1<\/td>\n | Financial Services<\/td>\n | 9.3%<\/td>\n | 11.5%<\/td>\n | Micheal Bloomberg<\/td>\n | Bloomberg<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 2<\/td>\n | Healthcare<\/td>\n | 8.7%<\/td>\n | 2.2%<\/td>\n | Cyrus Poonawalla<\/td>\n | Serum Institute of India<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 3<\/td>\n | Real Estate<\/td>\n | 8.1%<\/td>\n | -8.5%<\/td>\n | Lee Shau Lee<\/td>\n | Henderson Land<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 4<\/td>\n | Retail<\/td>\n | 7.4%<\/td>\n | -5.6%<\/td>\n | Jeff Bezos<\/td>\n | Amazon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 5<\/td>\n | Consumer Goods<\/td>\n | 7.3%<\/td>\n | -1.8%<\/td>\n | Bernard Arnault<\/td>\n | LVMH<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 6<\/td>\n | Food and beverage<\/td>\n | 7.2%<\/td>\n | -2.9%<\/td>\n | Zhong Shanshan<\/td>\n | YST<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 7<\/td>\n | Software & Services<\/td>\n | 6.3%<\/td>\n | -7.7%<\/td>\n | Steve Ballmer<\/td>\n | Microsoft<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 8<\/td>\n | Media & Entertainment<\/td>\n | 6.1%<\/td>\n | 7.1%<\/td>\n | Larry Page, Sergey Brin<\/td>\n | Alphabet<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 9<\/td>\n | Industrial Products<\/td>\n | 5.6%<\/td>\n | 14.3%<\/td>\n | Chen Jianhua & Fan Hongwei<\/td>\n | Hengli<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 10<\/td>\n | Investments<\/td>\n | 4.8%<\/td>\n | 6.5%<\/td>\n | Bill Gates<\/td>\n | Microsoft<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n The report further detailed that the following industries boasted stand out years:<\/p>\n
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