Warren Buffett's capital reached $ 100.3 billion thanks to a sharp rise in shares of his holding company Berkshire Hathaway, according to the data of the Forbes magazine published on Thursday.

Thus, Buffett entered the top five billionaires, whose fortune exceeds $ 100 billion.

American corporation Amazon Jeff Bezos ranks first with $ 179.6 billion, leaving behind Tesla CEO Elon Musk, President of the LVMH group of companies Bernard Arnault, and Microsoft CEO Bill Gates.

In 1965, Buffett acquired a controlling stake in the near-bankruptcy textile company Berkshire Hathaway and turned it into a holding company that manages the assets of companies operating in various fields. As of 2020, there are more than 60 of them.