The media revealed the annual billionaire index (Bloomberg Billionaires Index). According to it, the wealth of businessmen is estimated at $ 5.9 trillion, according to 360 TV channel.

The richest man is Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, despite the fact that he lost nine billion after the divorce proceedings. Now he has $116 billion. Bloomberg gave second place to Microsoft founder Bill Gates, with $ 113 billion.

Bernard Arnault, the head of the French company LVMH, ranked third with $ 36.5 billion.

The fortune of the Georgian businessman and leader of the ruling Georgian Dream party Bidzina Ivanishvili increased by $ 525 million. It grew by 10.5% and amounted to $5.52 billion. Thanks to this, the entrepreneur took 371 lines in the rating, now he is leading among other Georgian businessmen.

The increase in the total wealth of the richest people in the world occurred amid financial inequality, which is considered a record for the last 50 years in the US. Over the past 15 years, incomes of the least financially secure Americans have declined by 7%.