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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...

As of December 22, 2023, Renata Kellnerova was the wealthiest person in the Czech Republic, with an estimated net worth of 16.8 billion U.S. dollars, followed by Daniel Kretinsky (No. 2, $9.4 billion), Karel Komarek (No. 3, $8.3 billion); and Pavel Tykac (No. 4, $8.0 billion). Radovan Vitek is the fifth-richest person in...

As of December 22, 2023, Vinod Adani  was the wealthiest person in Cyprus, with an estimated net worth of 19.1 billion U.S. dollars, followed by John Fredriksen (No. 2, $13.9 billion), Yakir Gabay (No. 3, $3.8 billion); and Sergey Dmitriev (No. 4, $2.5 billion). Igor Makarov is the fifth-richest person in Cyprus, with a...

As of December 22, 2023, Zhong Shanshan was the wealthiest person in China, with an estimated net worth of 65.3 billion U.S. dollars, followed by  Colin Zheng Huang (No. 2, $51.7 billion), Zhang Yiming (No. 3, $43.4 billion); and William Ding (No. 4, $33.1 billion). Ma Huateng is the fifth-richest person...

As of December 22, 2023, Iris Fontbona was the wealthiest person in Chile, with an estimated net worth of 24.9 billion U.S. dollars, followed by Jean Salata (No. 2, $6.3 billion), Horst Paulmann (No. 3, $3.5 billion); and Julio Ponce Lerou  (No. 4, $2.9 billion). Sebastian Pinera is the fifth-richest person in Chile, with a...