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Discover the 10 sectors with the most billionaires in the 2022 ranking - Época Negócios

Discover the 10 sectors with the most billionaires in the 2022 ranking – Época Negócios

Warren Buffett ($118 billion): Wealth has been built in the finance and investment industry (Image: Reuters)

The latest Forbes Billionaires ranking lists 2,668 people around the world with a fortune of more than $1 billion, achieved in a variety of ways. However, some sectors of the economy are responsible for building more wealth.

This is the case, for example, in the field of finance and investments, which made 393 billionaires, or almost 15% of the entire list. Then comes the industry sector, with 337 billionaires on the list. Third place on the podium is the share of the technology industry, with 332 billionaires.

The sectors with the most billionaires in 2022

Finance and Investments
393 billionaires (15% of the list)
Richest: Warren Buffett ($118 billion), Chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway

manufacturing
337 billionaires (13% of the list)
Richest: He Xiangjian ($28.3 billion), founder of home appliance maker Midea Group

Technique
332 billionaires (12% of the list)
Richest person: Jeff Bezos ($171 billion), founder of Amazon

Fashion and Retail
250 billionaires (9% of the list)
Richest: Bernard Arnault ($158 billion), Chairman and CEO of LVMH

health
217 billionaires (8% of the list)
Richest person: Cyrus Poonawala ($24.3 billion), founder of India’s Serum Institute

Food and drink
203 billionaires (8% of the list)
Richest: Zhong Shanshan ($65.7 billion), chairman of the board of Nongfu Spring bottled water company

real estate market
193 billionaires (7% of the list)
Richest: Lee Shau Kee ($32.6 billion), co-founder of developer Sun Hung Kai

many of
180 billionaires (7% of the list)
Richest: Mukesh Ambani ($90.7 billion), CEO of Reliance Industries

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Media and entertainment
109 billionaires (4% of the list)
Richest: Michael Bloomberg ($82 billion), co-founder of financial and media information company Bloomberg LP.

energy
95 billionaires (4% of the list)
Richest: Fan Hongwei ($18.2 billion), chairman of the board of fiber supplier Hengli Petrochemical