Brazilians between the ages of 25 and 26 join Forbes 2022 list

Published 05/04/2022 20:48 / Updated on 05/04/2022 23:14

Pedro Franceschi, 25, and Henrique Dubograss, 26 ($1.5 billion each), are the two youngest new billionaires on the list – (Credit: Brex/Forbes/Reproduction)

Two Brazilians joined The traditional list of billionaires From the American magazine Forbes. Pedro Franceschi, 25, and Henrik Dubograss, 26, are owners and founders of corporate credit card company Brex. They are part of 236 new billionaires for 2022, released Tuesday (5/4). The duo appear alongside singer and businesswoman Rihanna and Bill Gates’ ex-wife, Melinda Gates.

Brazilians have a fortune of 1.5 billion US dollars each, which is approximately 7 billion Brazilian reals. Founded in 2017, Brex has financial products aimed at stumbling, such as the corporate card and points program. In January of this year, the company was valued at US$12.3 billion, placing the two young Brazilians among the world’s richest people.

Rihanna, owners of Canva, Onlyfans and Shein are also on the list

Although more than 200 people entered the famous rating, 87 people left and there was a total decrease of $ 400 billion in the combined wealth of billionaires. This is considered a bad result, when cCompared to 2021 data. However, many names known to the public ended up among the richest.

One of them is the singer RihannaShe is 34 years old and has estimated assets of $1.7 billion or R$7.8 billion. In addition to being a pop singer, the music star owns stakes in cosmetics line Fenty Beauty and lingerie brand Savage X Fenty. These companies helped make her the first billionaire in Barbados.

Among the countries, China tops the list of new billionaires, especially with tech giants. There are 62 Chinese names, such as the founder of the retailer it is inChris Shaw, 52, has an estimated fortune of $5.4 billion, approximately R$25 billion.

To prove that the IT sector is the most profitable at the moment, engineering professor Tang Xiao, 54, is also in the rankings. His company, SenseTime, has a net worth of $5.7 billion (26.3 billion R$).

The second country with the highest number of new billionaires is the United States, with 50 newcomers, followed by India with 29. There are also representatives of companies well known to the online audience, such as Melanie Perkins, 34, founder and CEO of graphic design firm Canva, with a value of 40 1 billion US dollars (184.6 billion Brazilian reals).

OnlyFans ($1.2 billion) owner, Ukrainian Leonid Radvinsky, celebrated his most profitable investment in pornography with the platform founded in 2016. NFT OpenSea founders, 31-year-old Devin Finzer, and 30-year-old Alex Atallah ($2.2) American) billionaire each; 10.1 billion Brazilian reals) have also become billionaires.