The "epidemic" is hard to say. The world's top 100 rich people have shrunk, and each person has lost more than 400 million per day!

"The top 100 global entrepreneurs have lost 2.6 trillion yuan in the past two months, and the top ten have lost 1.4 trillion yuan." On April 6, the Special Report on the Change of Global Entrepreneurs' Wealth Two Months After the Epidemic It shows, "Ma Huateng passively catches up with Ma Yun and is tied for the first time in China's richest man."

Data map: Ma Huateng (second from left) and Ma Yun (third from left). China News Agency reporter Sheng Jiapeng photo

And more than a month ago, on the 2020 global rich list announced on February 26, "Ma Yun once again topped China's richest man, and Ma Huateng only ranked second with only 7 billion." The word "only poor" stung the hearts of netizens. Everyone said: For the first time, I feel dizzy with Chinese characters. This "only" is afraid that I will not be able to earn it in my life.

It took less than two months for the rich to prove to us that the "only difference" of the rich is really "only".

"Two Horses" tied for the first time in China's richest man

The Special Report on the Change of Global Entrepreneur Wealth Two Months After the Epidemic Research examines the wealth change of entrepreneurs on the Hurun Global Rich List for the two months ended March 31, 2020.

In the past two months, China's top ten entrepreneurs have lost a total of 289 billion yuan.

Against the background that the wealth of most of the top 100 global entrepreneurs has shrunk, Ma Huateng and Ma Yun became the richest man in China for the first time, both of which also have 290 billion yuan. In the past two months, Ma Huateng's wealth decreased by 7%, and Ma Yun's wealth decreased by 9%.

At the beginning of the year, the top three “two horses, one horse” pattern of China's rich list has been broken. Sun Pianyang and Zhong Huijuan of Hengrui Medicine and Hansen Pharmaceutical ranked third with RMB 202.0 billion, surpassing Xu Jiayin and Li Ka-shing. SF Wangwei fell out of the top ten.

Hurun China's top ten entrepreneurs.

In the two months from February to February, China added 6 people to the top 100 global entrepreneurs, the country with the largest increase to date. India has lost 3 people and the US has lost 2 people. Among the top 100 entrepreneurs, there are 34 in the United States and 29 in China. The gap between China and the United States has narrowed from 13 to 5. However, 8 of the top 10 in the world are Americans.

"China is a relative winner, and the Chinese stock market is more resistant to the new crown pneumonia epidemic than the US and European stock markets," said Hu Run, chairman and chief research officer of Hurun Report.

Over the past two months, global stock markets have fallen sharply. The Dow Jones index has fallen 21%, India, France, Germany and the UK have fallen a quarter, Japan has fallen 18%, and Hong Kong stocks have fallen 10%. The only increase in the world's major stock indexes is the Shanghai Composite Index, which rose 0.2%.

In two and a half years! Global wealth is shrinking

As the epidemic spread throughout the world, the global rich list also experienced a lot of shocks.

In the past two months, the top ten entrepreneurs in the world have lost a total of 1.4 trillion yuan. Walmart shareholders Alice Walton and Jim Walton, although their wealth has decreased, have successfully ranked among the top ten entrepreneurs in the world.

At the same time, three of them fell out of the top ten: Mukesh Ambani's wealth of Indian Relais Industries shrank by 129 billion yuan to 340 billion yuan; Carlos Slim Ellu of Mexico American Telecom Shrinked by 110 billion yuan to 390 billion yuan; Google's Larry Page's wealth shrank by 89 billion yuan to 380 billion yuan.

Hurun Global Top Ten Entrepreneurs.

Two months ago, the wealth of four entrepreneurs exceeded the $ 100 billion mark, and now only Amazon ’s Jeff Bezos. The wealth of the world's richest man has decreased by 50 billion yuan, and currently has 930 billion yuan.

"Before the outbreak of the New Coronary Pneumonia, we found 2816 billion-dollar entrepreneurs around the world. Today, two months later, as the wealth of the global stock market evaporates, this number has dropped by 20%." Hu Run said.

"In the past two months, the wealth of the world's top 100 entrepreneurs has decreased by 12.6%, or 2.6 trillion yuan, which has evaporated the wealth created in the past two and a half years, equivalent to the loss of more than 400 million yuan per person per day." Hu Run said .

Turning crises into opportunities, wealth of Chinese wealthy people in these industries grows against the trend

It is worth noting that the wealth of only nine of the top 100 has grown in the past two months, all from China.

On the Hurun Global Rich List, 50-year-old Yuan Zheng, a 50-year-old from the video conferencing platform zoom, saw the fastest wealth growth in the past two months, up 77% to 56.5 billion yuan.

The global demand for ventilators and other medical equipment has surged, and Mindray's Xu Hang wealth has increased by 26% to 95 billion yuan.

Li Yongxin and his mother Lu Zhongfang, who started with the civil service examination and training of China Public Education, grew their wealth by 20% to 82 billion yuan, mainly driven by better than expected financial performance and online marketing during the outbreak of the new coronary pneumonia epidemic.

Hurun Global Top 100 Entrepreneurs Wealth Growth List.

Hu Run said: "The new coronary pneumonia epidemic has caused a surge in demand for medical device manufacturers worldwide. The" blockade "has also brought about the development of corporate video conferencing and student online education. Surprisingly, pork production in China Shang also has two seats in the top 100. "

Among the top 100 global entrepreneurs, the top two of the top five are Chinese pork producers: New Hope Liu Yonghao's wealth has increased by 20% to 105 billion yuan; Qin Yinglin and his wife Qian Ying from Muyuan have increased by 16% , Reaching 155 billion yuan.

Evaporating 200 billion, the luxury giant becomes the biggest loser

Under the epidemic, Bao could not cure all diseases. Bernard Arnott of the "Luxury King" LVMH has lost most of his wealth in the past two months, losing 200 billion yuan, equivalent to more than 3 billion losses per day, and currently owns 550 billion yuan.

In addition, four entrepreneurs, including Buffett, lost hundreds of billions. The wealth of Mukesh Ambani of Indian energy giant Reliance has shrunk by 129 billion yuan, which is equivalent to losing more than 2 billion yuan a day in the past two months.

Hurun Global Top 100 Entrepreneurs' Wealth Decline List.

Other riches with more decline in wealth include Lu Xingyao and Qian Zhiya of Ruixing Coffee. After the performance fraud broke out, Ruixing Coffee's stock price fell 90% last week. Lu Zhengyao and Qian Zhiya's wealth were less than one billion US dollars.

Zeng Yuqun, an electric vehicle battery manufacturer in the Ningde era, saw his wealth fall by 24% to 74 billion yuan; Baidu ’s Li Yanhong and Ma Dongmin ’s wealth dropped by 22% to 59 billion yuan; Anta ’s Ding Shizhong wealth dropped by 20% to 29.5 billion yuan.

Seeing this, you may have envied the rich people once, but you can also take a breath, "Fortunately, I am poor, otherwise I will be sad to lose so much money."

Author: Yu-kun left