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As of May 11, 2023, Barnard Arnault was the wealthiest person in France, with an estimated net worth of 235.2 billion U.S. dollars, followed by Francoise Bettencourt Meyers  (No. 2, $91.3 billion), Francois Pinault  (No. 3, $39.1 billion); and Gerard Wertheimer  (No. 4, $31.6 billion). Alain Wertheimer is the fifth-richest person in...

As of May 11, 2023, Dieter Schwarz was the wealthiest person in Germany, with an estimated net worth of 44.0 billion U.S. dollars, followed by Klaus-Michael Kuehne (No. 2, $34.3 billion), Reinhold Wuerth  (No. 3, $30.5 billion); and Stefan Quandt (No. 4, $26.8 billion). Susanne Klatten is the fifth-richest person in...

On June 1, Peter Bosch, previously responsible for manufacturing at Bentley Motors, will take over as the chief executive of Volkswagen Group's software unit CARIAD, replacing Dirk Hilgenberg. Bosch will also be responsible for finance, purchasing, and IT. Peter Bosch previously worked as a consultant for Oliver Wyman and then...

Cities may carry many characteristics that make people have second thoughts about living in them, such as high criminality levels, noise, and traffic. Still, there is a reason why everyone ends up spending their lives there. Even though the countryside has a lot to offer to its residents, today we...

As of May 9, 2023, Li Xiting was the wealthiest person in Singapore, with an estimated net worth of 16.2 billion U.S. dollars, followed by Goh Cheng Liang  (No. 2, $14.8 billion), Philip Ng (No. 3, $7.6 billion); and Robert Ng (No. 4, $7.4 billion). Wee Cho Yaw is the fifth-richest person in Singapore,...

As of  May 9, 2023, Jay Y. Lee was the wealthiest person in South Korea, with an estimated net worth of 8.3 billion U.S. dollars, followed by Seo Jung-jin (No. 2, $6.4 billion),  Hong Ra-hee  (No. 3, $5.1 billion); and Kwon Hyuk-bin (No. 4, $5.1 billion). Kim Beom-su is the fifth-richest person...

As of  May 8, 2023, John Fredriksen was the wealthiest person in Cyprus, with an estimated net worth of 13.2 billion U.S. dollars, followed by Vinod Adani (No. 2, $11.0 billion), Yakir Gabay  (No. 3, $3.4 billion); and Sergey Dmitriev (No. 4, $2.5 billion). Valentin Kipyatkov is the fifth-richest person in Cyprus, with a whopping...

As of  May 8, 2023, Renata Kellnerova was the wealthiest person in the Czech Republic, with an estimated net worth of 17.0 billion U.S. dollars, followed by Daniel Kretinsky (No. 2, $9.5 billion), Pavel Tykac (No. 3, $8.5 billion); and  Karel Komarek  (No. 4, $8.3 billion). Radovan Vitek is the fifth-richest person in...

As of May 7, 2023, Barnard Arnault was the wealthiest person in France, with an estimated net worth of 237.5 billion U.S. dollars, followed by Francoise Bettencourt Meyers (No. 2, $93.2 billion), Francois Pinault (No. 3, $40.5 billion); and Gerard Wertheimer  (No. 4, $31.6 billion). Alain Wertheimer is the fifth-richest person in...

As of May 7, 2023, Dieter Schwarz was the wealthiest person in Germany, with an estimated net worth of 44.2 billion U.S. dollars, followed by Klaus-Michael Kuehne (No. 2, $35.6 billion), Reinhold Wuerth  (No. 3, $30.6 billion); and Stefan Quandt (No. 4, $26.8 billion). Susanne Klatten is the fifth-richest person in...