MTLNOVEL Chapter 584: Forbes Billionaires List
This year, Forbes magazine's global list of billionaires still has Bill Gates, Carlos Slim, and Warren Buffett in the top three, with net assets of 79.2 billion US dollars, 77.1 billion US dollars, and 72.7 billion US dollars respectively.
Fourth and fifth places are held by Amancio Ortega of Spanish fashion retailer Zara and Larry Ellison of Oracle, with net assets of 64.5 billion and 54.3 billion respectively.
The top ten assets all exceed 40 billion US dollars, which is more than 5 billion higher than last year's tenth place.
This year, the number of billionaires who made the list with a benchmark of 1 billion US dollars reached 1826, an increase of 181 people from last year, with a total net worth of 7.05 trillion US dollars, an increase of 550 billion from last year.
This year, Link ranks 21st on the Forbes Global Billionaires List.
Total assets of 27.3 billion US dollars.
Compared to last year, Link's asset growth this year mainly came from two parts, Lionsgate Films and Golden Shell Investment on Hong Kong Island.
The market value of Lionsgate Films grew from over 4 billion at the beginning of last year to 10 billion, estimated by Forbes magazine at 9.2 billion US dollars, adding 2.5 billion to Link's net assets.
Golden Shell Investment on Hong Kong Island saw an increase of 54% in the total value of its stocks held, adding another 2.1 billion US dollars to his assets.
The remaining asset growth came from Lilly Company, Link Music Company, and the addition of a LINK Tower under his name, with these three parts contributing about 2.2 billion US dollars in asset growth.
Other investments, including shares in Netflix, Spotify, Tesla, NVIDIA, SpaceX, News Corporation, Universal Music, Dynasty Sports, Amazon Group, etc., saw little change in value.
The total market value of Golden Shell Asset Management in New York is currently 11.8 billion US dollars, about 2 billion more than last year.
Adding up these parts, Forbes magazine calculated his total assets at 27.3 billion US dollars, an increase of 8.8 billion from last year.
Ranked 19th and 20th are Google's co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin, with net assets of 29.7 billion and 29.2 billion US dollars respectively.
Mark Zuckerberg ranks 16th with a net worth of 33.4 billion US dollars.
Elon Musk ranks 291st with a net worth of 5.2 billion US dollars.
The father-in-law ranks 405th with a net worth of 4.1 billion US dollars.
Ivanka ranks 1464th with a net worth of 1.6 billion US dollars.
In Huaxia, the number of entrepreneurs from the mainland on the list reached 213 this year, an increase of 28.6% from last year, with Wanda's Wang ranking 29th with 24.2 billion and Alibaba's Ma ranking 33rd with 22.7 billion.
On this year's Forbes Billionaires List, the individual whose net worth increased the most compared to last year is Bill Gates, from 64 billion to 79.2 billion, with Link ranking second with an increase of 8.8 billion.
After the Forbes Global Billionaires List was released, Link once again became one of the key figures reported by the world media.
He is 26 this year, yet his net worth reaches 27.3 billion US dollars, a self-made billionaire and also a global sports superstar, music superstar, Hollywood superstar, and former notable Playboy.
His high degree of newsworthiness had the media hyping him up for nearly half a month before letting up.
Additionally, on the Forbes magazine's income list across various industries, Link still ranks first in sports income, with a total income of 1.35 billion US dollars, including prize money from four boxing matches, numerous endorsements, Nike-LINK sports brand revenue sharing, etc.
On the singers' income rankings, Taylor Swift leads with a total income of 73.5 million US dollars, attaining 61.3 million US dollars from touring last year alone.
There are also singers and groups under Link Music that released new albums last year, including Ariana Grande, Lana Del Rey, One Direction, Boss Huang, and Charlie Puth, who also made it onto Forbes's singers' income rankings, ranking in the top twenty.
Link ranks second with an income of 42 million US dollars, although he did not release any albums or hold tours last year, he performed well in terms of royalties, streaming media, and album sales income.
Country music singer Kenny Chesney ranks third with an income of 39.5 million US dollars.
In Hollywood actors, Link ranks second with an income of 68 million US dollars, Robert Downey Jr. ranks first with a total income of 80 million US dollars last year, and City Dragon ranks third with an income of 50 million US dollars.
Jennifer Lawrence, Emma Stone, and Dadalio earned 32 million, 24 million, and 11 million US dollars respectively last year, ranking second, fifth, and twelfth in the female actors' income rankings.
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"Bro, you're so rich, how come you're still not happy?"
At Half Mountain Villa, a round-faced kid munches on a large apple, swinging his legs on the sofa and asking.
"Who says I'm not happy?"
"You're not smiling. To be happy, you should be like this, hehe~"
The round-faced kid stretches his mouth corners and squints his crescent eyes, showing a goofy, carefree grin.
Link glanced at her, "I heard you failed again? You're not busy, you should spend more time in class, better than shopping and playing games all day."
"Ugh, why bring up studying again? So annoying, if you mention studying once more, I'll... I'll beat up Alexander."
Selena puffed her round face, reached out to slap Alexander who was sitting on the carpet reading a children's comic book; he just touched his head and ignored her.
"Selena, hit me."
Margarita dropped the Barbie doll in her hand, pitter-pattered over, and climbed onto Selena's leg.
"Why should I hit you?"
Selena asked while pinching the chubby little face of the tiny one.
"It's fun."
Margarita blinked her big eyes.
"Alright, I'll definitely give you a good beating."
Selena theatrically lifted the little tyke, shouting that she was going to spank her, but little Margarita wasn't afraid at all and giggled continuously.
Link shook his head and continued reading the newspaper.
At the beginning of the year, Lionsgate Films had several movies released, starring Marion Cotillard in "Two Days One Night," the sports biography "The Fox Hunter," the boxing movie "Creed," the delayed release of "Insidious 3," the comedy "Remnants of Life," and "Now You See Me 2."
"Two Days One Night" had a limited release in North America on December 27th last year; it is a French-Belgian co-production, an art film telling the story of Sandra who, with her husband's help, must convince her bosses to cut their bonuses so that she can keep her job.
Starring Marion Cotillard, it was gradually released in many European countries in mid-last year. Due to its good reputation, it garnered more than a dozen nominations and awards. By the end of last year, it landed in the United States, even earning Marion Cotillard Golden Globe and Oscar nominations for Best Actress.
The current US box office is 2.03 million US dollars, the overseas box office is 7.82 million US dollars, the production cost of the film is 6.5 million US dollars, plus revenue from streaming media, it's barely breaking even.
"The Fox Hunter" is a film led by Annapurna Pictures.
The film is adapted from the real life of John du Pont, an heir of the DuPont family, telling the story of Olympic Gold Medal wrestler Dave Schultz and his brother Mark joining du Pont's 'Foxcatcher' club for training. Initially, Dave and du Pont were close friends, but in '96 due to various conflicts, du Pont shot and killed Dave Schultz. Du Pont himself was sentenced to 30 years in prison for schizophrenia.
The movie stars Steve Carell, Channing Tatum, Mark Ruffalo, Sienna Miller, and other popular stars.
It won the Silver Bear Award for Best Director at this year's Berlin International Film Festival, and its director Bennett Miller is also known for the biographical films "Capote" and "Moneyball."
Released in North America at the end of January, the current North American box office is 12.08 million US dollars, the overseas box office is 9.7 million US dollars, and the production cost is 25 million US dollars. It's projected to be difficult to break even.
However, this film is an art film aiming for awards, and maybe it could earn a few more million after obtaining multiple awards.
The third movie, "Creed," is also a sports-themed film, telling the story of Adonis Creed, the son of Rocky's former opponent and friend Apollo Creed, becoming a boxer, with Stallone playing a supporting role in the film.
Released in mid-February, after four weeks, the current North American box office is 82.03 million US dollars, the overseas box office is 54.4 million US dollars, expects total box office revenue to be around 180 million US dollars, and it will also be Lionsgate's first film this year to break 100 million in the North American box office.
Compared to the production cost of 35 million US dollars, it belongs to a blockbuster.
This week, the fourth film of Lionsgate, "Insidious 3," was released, originally scheduled to be released last October but postponed to March due to scheduling and promotion reasons.
The film premiered in 3002 North American theaters, the first day box office was 10.41 million US dollars, and it raked in 23 million US dollars over the weekend, becoming the box office champion of the week.
In second place is Warner Bros. Pictures' "Focus," starring Will Smith and Margot Robbie, with a weekly box office of 15.74 million US dollars, and a cumulative box office of 33.4 million US dollars over two weeks, far below expectations.
As of early March, 102 movies have been released in the North American region.
Currently, the best box office performance is from Paramount Pictures' children animation "SpongeBob SquarePants" at 162 million, followed by Fox Films' action movie "Kingsman: The Secret Service" at 128 million.
"Creed" is currently ranked third in the North American box office.
At the beginning of the year, the total box office revenue of the four new films released by Lionsgate in North America is still less than 160 million US dollars, ranking fourth among the big seven, which also let the competitors breathe a sigh of relief temporarily.
After finishing a stack of newspapers, Link suddenly slapped his forehead, he promised not to care about these movie box office data anymore, handing over the company management to Ivanka and the others, yet he unconsciously read so much again.
He put down the newspaper, looked around at all the adult and young friends in the house, and asked if anyone wanted to go out.
The answer was 'yes.'
Link had the little ones follow the servants to change clothes, went upstairs to call Ivanka, who was doing beauty and Pilates treatments, and took advantage of the good weather, went out for a stroll, heading to a restaurant at Venice pier for a sumptuous seafood feast.