Brazil has three new members on Forbes’ list of billionaires, according to the ranking published on Tuesday (5). They are: Henrique Dubugras, 26, and Pedro Franceschini, 25, co-founders and co-chairs of fintech Brex, who both have a net worth of $1.5 billion each.
In addition to the two young men, 82-year-old Sasun Dayan from Banco Daikoval is on the list of new billionaires.
Founded in Silicon Valley, the United States, Brex offers credit cards to local startups. The service difference is agility: the company promises a digital copy of the card within five minutes after registration, and a physical copy within five days. Earlier this year, fintech received a contribution of US$300 million.
In all, there are 236 new billionaires in the world, up from 492 billionaires in 2021. The freshmen come from 34 different countries. The list, however, has 87 victims.
Those who stayed had a net worth of $400 billion less than it recorded in the previous release. China is the country that has produced the most billionaires with 62 names. They include Zhang Yiming ($50 billion), founder of TikTok; Jack Ma of Alibaba ($22.8 billion) and Shen Chris Shaw ($5.4 billion).
In second and third places, respectively, came the United States with 50 new billionaires in the ranking. and India, 29. Only 33 of the 236 newcomers are women, and only 11 are not heiresses.
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