According to the Hurun Global Rich List 2026 released by the Hurun Research Institute, Tesla (TSLA.US)      founder Elon Musk has become the world's richest person for the fifth time in six years. His wealth soared by 89% over the past year, reaching RMB5.5 trillion.

Ranking second was Amazon (AMZN.US)      founder Jeff Bezos. His wealth amounted to RMB2.1 trillion. Alphabet (GOOGL.US)      co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin ranked third and fifth, and they saw their wealth increase by 65% and 67%, respectively.

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Among Chinese entrepreneurs, ByteDance founder Zhang Yiming became China's richest person with wealth increasing by 32% to RMB550 billion. NONGFU SPRING (09633.HK)  -0.300 (-0.698%)    Short selling $107.02M; Ratio 35.866%   founder Zhong Shanshan ranked second with RMB515 billion, followed by TENCENT (00700.HK)  -5.000 (-0.975%)    Short selling $1.91B; Ratio 15.026%   chairman Pony Ma with RMB465 billion.

CATL (03750.HK)  +54.000 (+8.385%)    Short selling $826.03M; Ratio 19.264%   chairman Robin Zeng occupied the fourth spot with wealth growing by 46% to RMB380 billion. Lei Jun and the Jack Ma family are tied for tenth with RMB230 billion.
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