2025 Hurun Global Rich List: Musk remains the world's richest man, while Zhao Changpeng continues to hold the top spot in the cryptocurrency industry with a wealth of 160 billion yuan

The Hurun Research Institute has released the "2025 Hurun Global Rich List", which shows that the number of billion dollar entrepreneurs worldwide has increased to 3442, a historic high and 163 more than last year. The United States ranks first with 870 billion dollar entrepreneurs, while China ranks second with 823. Elon Musk, 53, remains the world's richest man with a wealth of 3.07 trillion yuan, increasing his wealth by 82%, mainly due to the soaring stock price of Tesla. Amazon's Jeff Bezos ranked second with 1.94 trillion yuan, while Meta's Mark Zuckerberg entered the top three for the first time with 1.77 trillion yuan. NVIDIA's Huang Renxun's wealth has nearly doubled to 935 billion yuan, ranking 11th. In the field of cryptocurrency, Binance founder Zhao Changpeng continues to be the richest person in the cryptocurrency industry with a wealth of 160 billion yuan. Coinbase's Brian Armstrong's wealth increased by 72% to 80 billion yuan, while MicroStrategy's Michael Saylor's wealth nearly tripled to 65 billion yuan. The ranking also shows that, AI、 Entrepreneurs in asset management, entertainment, and cryptocurrency sectors have performed strongly, while luxury goods, telecommunications, and Chinese real estate sectors have performed poorly. In the field of AI, Liang Wenfeng from DeepSeek in Hangzhou and Sam Altman from OpenAI made their debut on the list with 33 billion yuan and 13 billion yuan respectively. In addition, Zhang Yiming, with a ByteDance, became the richest man in China with 435 billion yuan, surpassing the "king of bottled water" Zhong Yiming.