>> Number of super-rich Vietnamese on the rise
Thao, 47, who is also deputy chairman and general director of HD Bank and founding shareholder of Sovico Holdings, ranks 1,678 with total assets of USD1.2 billion.
Chairman of Vingroup Pham Nhat Vuong has made a big jump of 144 places in Forbes' list this year, ranking 867 with total assets of USD 2.4 billion.
It was a record year for the richest people on Earth, as the number of billionaires jumped 13% to 2,043 from 1,810 last year, the first time ever that Forbes has pinned down more than 2,000 10-figure-fortunes. Their total net worth rose by 18% to USD7.67 trillion, also a record. The change in the number of billionaires — up 233 since the 2016 list — was the biggest in the 31 years that Forbes has been tracking billionaires globally. Gainers since last year’s list outnumbered losers by more than three to one.
Bill Gates is the number one richest for the fourth year in a row, and the richest person in the world for 18 out of the past 23 years. He has a fortune of USD86 billion, up from USD75 billion last year.
Amazon’s Jeff Bezos had the best year of any person on the planet, adding USD27.6 billion to his fortune; now worth USD72.8 billion, he moved into the top three in the world for the first time, up from number five a year ago.
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