Forbesâ 35th Annual Worldâs Billionaires List: Facts And Figures 2021 Share to Facebook Share to Linkedin From left: Elon Musk, China's Kate Wang, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Nigeria's Aliko Dangote. Maja Hitij/Getty Images, Stefen Chow for Forbes, Michael Prince for Forbes (2) Despite the pandemic, it was a record-setting year for the worldâs wealthiestâwith a $5 trillion surge in wealth and an unprecedented number of new billionaires. Itâs been a year like no other, and we arenât talking about the pandemic. There were rapid-fire public offerings, surging cryptocurrencies and skyrocketing stock prices. The number of billionaires on