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As of August 16, 2022, Barnard Arnault was the wealthiest man in France, with an estimated net worth of 173.4 billion U.S. dollars, followed by Francoise Bettencourt (No. 2, $74.6 billion), Rodolphe Saade (No. 3, $41.4 billion); and Francois Pinault (No. 4, $38.0 billion). Gerard  Wertheimer is the fifth-richest person in France, with a whopping $31.7 billion....

As of August 16, 2022, Dietrich Mateschitz was the wealthiest man in Austria, with an estimated net worth of 24.7 billion U.S. dollars, followed by Georg Stumpf (No. 2, $7.9 billion), Rene Benko (No. 3, $5.0 billion); and Helmut Sohmen  (No. 4, $4.8 billion). Johann Graf is the fifth-richest person in Austria, with a whopping...

As of August 15, 2022, Klaus-Michael Kuehne was the wealthiest man in Germany, with an estimated net worth of 36.7 billion U.S. dollars, followed by  Beate Heister & Karl Albrecht Jr. (No. 2, $35.9 billion), Dieter Schwarz (No. 3, $31.3 billion); and Susanne Klatten (No. 4, $23.6 billion). Stefan Quandt is the fifth-richest person in...

As of August 15, 2022, Zhong Shanshan was the wealthiest man in China, with an estimated net worth of 70.1 billion U.S. dollars, followed by Zhang Yiming (No. 2, $49.5 billion), Ma Huateng (No. 3, $33.1 billion); and William Lei Ding (No. 4, $29.0 billion). Li Shufu is the fifth-richest person in China, with a whopping $27.8 billion. Wang...

As of August 14, 2022, Giovanni Ferrero was the wealthiest man in Italy, with an estimated net worth of 33.8 billion U.S. dollars, followed by Giorgio Armani (No. 2, $6.9 billion), Silvio Berlusconi (No. 3, $6.1 billion); and Massimiliana Landini Aleotti (No. 4, $4.9 billion). Piero Ferrari is the fifth-richest person in Italy, with a whopping $4.6...

As of August 14, 2022, Jorge Paulo Lemann was the wealthiest man in Brazil, with an estimated net worth of 14.8 billion U.S. dollars, followed by Eduardo Saverin  (No. 2, $10.2 billion),  Marcel Herrmann Telles (No. 3, $10.1 billion); and Carlos Alberto Sicupira (No. 4, $8.3 billion). Safra Siblings is the fifth-richest person in Brazil, with...

Thousands of workers worldwide presently are experiencing a four-day workweek with no loss of pay as hundreds of small and large U.S. and international companies are participating in the biggest four-day week trial in the world that started in June 2022 and will last six months.  The trial has been...

As of August 9, 2022, Amancio Ortega was the wealthiest man in Spain, with an estimated net worth of 61.7 billion U.S. dollars, followed by Sandra Ortega Mera (No. 2, $6.0 billion), Rafael Del Pino (No. 3, $4.0 billion); and Juan Roig (No. 4, $3.4 billion). Daniel Mate is the fifth-richest person in Spain, with a whopping $3.1...

As of August 9, 2022, Michael Platt was the wealthiest man in the United Kingdom, with an estimated net worth of 15.2 billion U.S. dollars, followed by Hinduja brothers (No. 2, $13.4 billion), James Ratcliffe (No. 3, $12.7 billion); and Christopher Hohn (No. 4, $7.9 billion). Ian & Richard Livingstone is the fifth-richest person in...

The Republic of Costa Rica is a Central American country known for its stable democratic order and highly educated citizenry. Its progress can be gauged from its consistently better performances on the Human Development Index every year. In terms of other indices such as the Press Freedom Index or World...