Forbes 2024 Rich List: 17 crypto billionaires are on the list, Binance’s Changpeng Zhao wins the title for the third consecutive time

Forbes released the 2024 global billionaire rankings yesterday (2nd), with 17 crypto-rich people on the list. Binance founder Changpeng Zhao ranked first among the crypto-rich with US$33 billion, followed by Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong with US$11.2 billion. …The total wealth of 17 people is as high as US$93 billion.

Forbes released the 2024 global billionaire rankings yesterday (2nd). Compared with the 9 people on the list last year, the number of people on the list in the cryptocurrency field increased to 17 this year. The crypto assets they hold are publicly disclosed. The total value of his stock portfolio and private wealth is an astonishing US$93 billion, more than double the US$37 billion total wealth of the nine richest people on the list last year.

Changpeng Zhao becomes the richest man in crypto for three consecutive times

Among them, Changpeng Zhao (CZ), the founder and former CEO of Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, has doubled his worth from US$10.5 billion last year to US$33 billion, ranking first among the cryptocurrency rich. , ranking 50th among the world’s billionaires.

MicroStrategy CEO and Coinbase CEO’s net worth increased the most

Forbes pointed out that among the crypto-tycoons on this list, those with the largest increase in net worth compared to last year are Michael Saylor, founder of MicroStrategy, currently the largest Bitcoin holder among U.S. listed companies, and CEO of Coinbase, a U.S.-listed exchange. Brian Armstrong.

Thanks to the surge in Bitcoin this year, Michael Saylor's net worth has surged from $760 million last year to $4.4 billion, ranking fourth among crypto-rich people; and Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong's net worth has increased from $2.2 billion last year. It rose to US$11.2 billion, ranking second after Zhao Changpeng.

It is also worth mentioning that the four major shareholders of Tether, the issuer of the US dollar stable currency USDT, also appeared on the Forbes billionaire list for the first time this year. They are Giancarlo Devasini, Paolo Ardoino, Jean-Louisvander Velde and Stuart Hoegner.

17 Crypto Rich People Ranked

From high to low, among the 17 crypto billionaires on this year’s list, the top 10 are:

Changpeng Zhao: US$33 billion, source of wealth: Binance

Brian Armstrong: $11.2 billion, source of wealth: Coinbase

Giancarlo Devasini: $9.2 billion, source of wealth: Tether

Michael Saylor: $4.4 billion, source of wealth: MicroStrategy, Bitcoin

Paolo Ardoino: $3.9 billion, source of wealth: Tether

Jean-Louisvander Velde: $3.9 billion, source of wealth: Tether

Chris Larsen: $3.2 billion, source of wealth: Ripple, XRP

Fred Ehrsam: $3.2 billion, sources of wealth: Coinbase, Paradigm

Matthew Roszak: $3.1 billion, source of wealth: Bitcoin, Ethereum

JedMc Caleb: $2.9 billion, source of wealth: XRPsales