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As of December 29, 2023, Wang Wei has a net worth of US$14.9 billion, making him the wealthiest person in the service industry. Liu Yongxing follows in second place with $10.0 billion, while Robert Rowling ranks third with $8.5 billion, and Tamara Gustavson comes in fourth with $8.1 billion. The...

As of December 29, 2023, Lee Shau Kee has a net worth of US$28.0 billion, making him the wealthiest person in the real estate industry. Donald Bren follows in second place with $18.0 billion, while Kushal Pal Singh ranks third with $16.4 billion, and Harry Triguboff comes in fourth with...

As of December 29, 2023, Gina Rinehart has a net worth of US$33.8 billion, making him the wealthiest person in the metals and mining industry. Germán Larrea Mota Velasco follows in second place with $30.4 billion, while Savitri Jindal ranks third with $28.3 billion, and Andrew Forrest comes in fourth...

As of December 27, 2023, Jay Y. Lee was the wealthiest person in South Korea, with an estimated net worth of 9.8 billion U.S. dollars, followed by Hong Ra-hee  (No. 2, $6.1 billion), Kwon Hyuk-bin (No. 3, $5.1 billion); and Kim Beom-su (No. 4, $4.7 billion). Cho jung-ho is the fifth-richest...

As of December 27, 2023, Amancio Ortega was the wealthiest person in Spain, with an estimated net worth of 99.5 billion U.S. dollars, followed by Sandra Ortega Mera (No. 2, $8.8 billion), Rafael Del (No. 3, $5.5 billion); and Juan Roig (No. 4, $3.8 billion). Isak Andic is the fifth-richest person in Spain, with a...

As of December 27, 2023, Stefan Persson was the wealthiest person in Sweden, with an estimated net worth of 19.5 billion U.S. dollars, followed by Melker Schorling (No. 2, $11.2 billion), Antonia Ax:son Johnson (No. 3, $10.0 billion); and Finn Rausing (No. 4, $9.5 billion). Kirsten Rausing is the fifth-richest person...

As of December 27, 2023, Rafaela Aponte- Diamant  was the wealthiest person in Switzerland, with an estimated net worth of 30.9 billion U.S. dollars, followed by Gianluigi Aponte (No. 2, $30.9 billion), Ernesto Bertarelli (No. 3, $9.5 billion); and Ivan Glasenberg (No. 4, $9.2 billion). Guillaume Pousaz is the fifth-richest person in Switzerland,...

As of December 27, 2023, James Ratcliffe was the wealthiest person in the United Kingdom, with an estimated net worth of 23.3 billion U.S. dollars, followed by Michael Platt (No. 2, $16.0 billion), Alexander Gerko (No. 3, $11.5 billion) and James Dyson (No. 4, $9.7 billion). John Reece is the fifth-richest person...

A world beset with continued challenges.  According to the International Monetary Fund, global recovery remains subdued, with growing regional divergences and little room for economic policy mishaps. The baseline forecast expects global growth to slow from 3.5 percent in 2022 to 3.0 percent in 2023 and 2.9 percent in 2024,...

Motorists globally have left the pandemic in the rearview mirror and returned to the roads, marking a renewed era of traffic challenges for numerous cities worldwide. In assessing the severity of traffic congestion, we examined the annual Global Traffic Scorecard from INRIX, a global transportation analytics company. Our ranking considered...