In the world significantly increased the number of dollar billionaires: no virus rich takes. Over the past year they became 2825 people, 211 more than in 2018. experts recently discovered Wealth-X, regularly conducting the study of the state of the world’s rich, most rich people living in the United States – 788 people. On the second place on number of billionaires – China. Russia was quite an honorable fourth place. Analysts counted among the citizens of the Russian Federation 114 people with nine zeros. Meanwhile, half of Russians have incomes below 27 thousand rubles a month, or less than $400. Income of the population in Russia lags far behind developed countries. As mass poverty coexists in our country, with a triumphant procession of a handful of super-rich, explained the expert, “MK”.
the Total condition of the rich people in the world for the year increased by 10.3% and reached us $9.4 trillion rubles, to the report by Wealth-X.
the leaders of the rating of countries by number of billionaires by the end of 2019:
United States – 788 people
China – 342
Germany – 153
Russia – 114
Switzerland and the United Kingdom – 100
Also in the list of countries with the largest number of billionaires went to Hong Kong, India, Saudi Arabia, France, Italy, UAE, Canada, Singapore and Brazil. In total, these 15 countries account for two-thirds of the holders of such condition. Billionaires most populous city was new York (113). On the second and third places – Hong Kong and San Francisco. In fourth place was Moscow: in the capital there lives 73 billionaires.
the leadership in the list of super-rich America and China is not surprising – after all, these are the two leading economies in the world. But the fourth place of our country looks abnormally: absolute size of GDP, Russia even in the first world ten is not included. And according GDP calculated at the purchasing power, only wants to 2024 to enter the top five world leaders (this is the task before the government put President Putin).
Alas, the presence of a large number of billionaires not making Russia a country with a high standard of living. According to Rosstat, a quarter of the population has incomes from 27 to 45 thousand rubles. Half (51%) of citizens ‘ income is even lower, 4% of them get less than 7 thousand rubles per month. The remaining quarter earns more than 60 thousand rubles a month, but of these, only 4% receive according to the official data, more than 100 thousand rubles.
However, if 2019 was “fat”, the price of oil high, and coronariana was no smell, then in 2020 the rich people can become poor. According to Bloomberg, for six months as the richest Russians fell more than $30 billion Recall at the moment the three richest Russians according to Forbes includes Vladimir Potanin, Vladimir Lisin and Leonid Mikhelson.
“Russia was a poor country, where there are a bunch bogatychthe oligarchs in the 1990-ies. Now at us not the oligarchic and bureaucratic capitalism. The share of state sector is 50-70%, whereas in 1999 was only 10%. Wages and incomes have not lower than in other key emerging markets. While in reality Russia lives much richer than the statistics. Last year only the “gray” wages amounted to 13 trillion rubles,” – said the head of IAC “Alpari” Alexander Razuvaev.
According to him, the state of our rich appearing in various ratings are, to a large extent, virtual money, the value of their shares in the shares of companies. traded on the stock exchanges. If, and it’s very likely the stock market in the second half will grow, then grow their condition. Then, together with them will grow and the capital of minority shareholders and investors,” predicted the source.
