Forbes World’s Billionaires List: The Richest in 2022

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The most dramatic drops have occurred in Russia, where there are 34 fewer billionaires than last year following Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, and China, where a government crackdown on tech companies has led to 87 fewer Chinese billionaires on the list. We used stock prices and exchange rates from March 11, 2022 to calculate net worths.