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Although the world was stuck in the pandemic, the rich just got richer in 2021. Billionaires scooped up mega-yachts and real estate while others expanded their reaches in resources like water banks and farmland. From Rihanna to Elon Musk, many saw an increase in net worth this year. We met two of the world’s youngest self-made billionaires, Austin Russell & Sam Bankman-Fried, who both spoke about their impact in relatively new fields. Other stories include the minting of new billionaires like Kim Kardashian West, and we explain Donald Trump’s net worth and the Royal Family’s multibillion dollar fortune. These are the top 25 stories on the world’s wealthiest 1%.
0:00 Why Bill Gates’ Leonardo da Vinci Manuscript Is Worth $130 Million
7:00 How Africa’s Richest Woman Isabel Dos Santos Went Broke
11:27 How Much Has Jamie Spears Earned From Britney Spears’ $60 Million Dollar Fortune?
13:35 How Jeff Bezos Became A Billionaire Through Amazon Over The Years
16:34 The Richest Person Under 30 In The World Wants To Give His Fortune Away
24:02 Trump’s Business Hauled In $2.4 Billion During Four Years He Served As President
27:36 Kim Kardashian West Is Officially A Billionaire
30:17 How America’s Richest People Can Access Billions Without Selling Their Stock
35:14 Inside The Secretive World Of Billionaire-Owned Water
39:51 How WeWork’s Ousted Cofounder Regained Billionaire Status
41:51 Donald Trump’s Debt Now Totals An Estimated $1.3 Billion
43:23 The Most Popular College Majors For America’s Billionaires
45:29 Meet The World’s Youngest Self-Made Billionaire: Austin Russell
50:55 How Beyoncé Built Her $440M Entertainment Empire
54:04 Elon Musk Is The Richest Person In History
56:06 Inside The Royal Family’s $28 Billion Fortune
1:02:30 Bill Gates Now Owns The Most Farmland In America
1:03:52 How Trump’s D.C. Hotel Cashed In On The Jan. 6 Riot
1:07:27 How MacKenzie Scott Gave Away Nearly $6 Billion In A Year Yet Got Richer
1:09:06 How Dolly Parton Created Her Empire And Became The Queen Of Country
1:12:38 Inside The Bitter Family Feuds Of America’s Richest Billionaire Families
1:17:25 Melinda French Gates Worth $3.2 Billion After New Stock Transfer From Bill Gates
1:19:05 Why This Billionaire-Owned Thoroughbred Horse Farm Is Worth $400 Million
1:25:30 How Rihanna Became A Billionaire
1:28:29 Donald Trump Drops Off The Forbes 400 List Of Richest Americans
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