2025 Hurun Global Rich List: Musk retains the title of the world's richest person, Zhao Changpeng's wealth increases to 160 billion yuan
ChainCatcher news, the Hurun Research Institute released the "2025 Hurun Global Rich List," showing that the number of billion-dollar entrepreneurs worldwide has reached a historic high of 3,442, an increase of 163 from last year (a growth of 5%). At 53 years old, Elon Musk has become the world's richest person for the fourth time in five years, with a wealth of 3.07 trillion RMB, an 82% increase, mainly due to the surge in Tesla's stock price after Trump's election. Amazon founder Jeff Bezos ranks second with 1.94 trillion RMB, while Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg enters the top three for the first time with 1.77 trillion RMB.Binance founder Zhao Changpeng's wealth has grown to 160 billion RMB, making him still the richest person in the cryptocurrency field. Coinbase's Brian Armstrong saw his wealth increase by 72%, reaching 80 billion RMB. Bitcoin holders have also seen significant increases in wealth, with Strategy's Michael Saylor's wealth nearly tripling to 65 billion RMB, and the Winklevoss twins from Gemini Exchange nearly doubling their wealth to 28 billion RMB. On average, wealth in the cryptocurrency sector has grown by 80% year-on-year.The AI sector has performed remarkably, with Hangzhou DeepSeek founder Liang Wenfeng and OpenAI founder Sam Altman debuting on the Hurun Global Rich List with 33 billion and 13 billion RMB, respectively. Additionally, NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang's wealth has nearly doubled, reaching 935 billion RMB, ranking 11th.It is worth mentioning that Donald Trump has become the richest U.S. president in history, with his wealth nearly doubling to 52.5 billion RMB, placing him in the top 500 of the Hurun Global Rich List, mainly due to his 53% stake in Truth Social.