Five billionaires who gained most wealth in 2024
The past year has made many Forbes list members even wealthier. Let's find out which of them earned the highest profits over the last 12 months and what contributed to their financial success.
Photo: The Israeli 10 new sheqalim banknote has the image of Golda Meir, a former Prime Minister of Israel. Nowadays, the note is replaced with the respective coin.
Photo: Rosa Mayreder was depicted on the Austrian 500 schilling banknote. She was an Austrian author, painter, musician, and feminist. Today, Austia's official currency is the euro so the above bill is no longer valid.
Photo: Marie Sklodowska Curie was featured on the Polish late-1980s 20,000 zloty banknote. She was a physicist and chemist who won a Nobel Prize twice.
Photo: The Argentine 100 pesos banknote has the picture of the First Lady of Argentina in 1946 – 1952, Eva Peron.
Photo: World-known Mexican painter Frida Kahlo is depicted on the Mexican 500 peso banknote.
Photo: Kate Sheppard is featured on the New Zealand 10 dollar bill. She was the most prominent member of New Zealand's Women's Suffrage movement.
Photo: The image of Zenobia, a Queen of the Palmyrene Empire in Syria, appears on the obverse of the Syrian 500 pounds note.
Photo: The Swedish 50-krona banknote bears a portrait of Jenny Lind, a Swedish opera singer known as Swedish Nightingale, on the front.
Photo: The Norwegian novelist awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature Sigrid Undset was depicted on the Norwegian 500 kroner note.
Photo: The Italian 1,000 lire banknote featured Maria Montessori who was an Italian physician and educator who developed a famous educational approach bearing her name.
The past year has made many Forbes list members even wealthier. Let's find out which of them earned the highest profits over the last 12 months and what contributed to their financial success.