The spectacular growth of the Uruguayan company DLocal earned it to become the first Uruguayan unicorn (that is, the first company to be worth more than US$1,000 million), but it is not the only thing, it also made its co-founders billionaires.
Andrés Bzurovski and Sergio Fogel are co-founders and directors of the fintech DLocal and also the latest Uruguayans to enter the renowned Billionaires list (billionaires) of Forbes. According to the most recent Forbes report, at 44 years old, Bzurovski owns 17% of the company’s shares, which places him in position 1,929 among the richest people in the world with US$1.5 billion.
Meanwhile Fogel, 58, also has 17% of the firm’s shares and occupies the same position on the list of the wealthiest, also with US$1.5 billion.
At 10:30 a.m. on June 3, 2021, the Uruguayan dLocal began trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Wall Street, forming part of one of the greatest milestones in the history of the Uruguayan economy.
The richest
Forbes found 2668 billionaires or billionaires around the world for the list of billionaires in the world by 2022, down from last year’s record 2,755. Collectively, they are worth $12.7 trillion, down from the record $13.1 trillion on the 2021 list. This 2022, 236 new billionaires entered the ranking and 329 ceased to belong to the list. In this context, Barbados, Bulgaria, Estonia and Uruguay each won their first billionaires.
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Elon Musk tops the list with $219 billion
For the first time the list is led by Elon Musk (founder of Tesla). As of March 11, Musk was worth an estimated $219 billion. Here are the 10 richest entrepreneurs in the world, according to Forbes.
1. Elon Musk
Net worth: 219 billion dollars
Company: Tesla, SpaceX
2.Jeff Bezos
Net worth: 171 billion dollars
Company: Amazon
3. Bernardo Arnault and family
Net worth: 158 billion dollars
Company: LVMH
4.Bill Gates
Net worth: 129 billion dollars
Company: Microsoft
5. Warren Buffett
Net worth: 118 billion dollars
Company: Berkshire Hathaway
6.Larry Page
Net worth: 111 billion dollars
Company: Google
7. Sergey Brin
Net worth: 107 billion dollars
Company: Google
8.Larry Ellison
Net worth: 106 billion dollars
Company: Software
9. Steve Ballmer
Net worth: $91.4 billion
Company: Microsoft
10.Mukesh Ambani
Net worth: $90.7 billion
Company: Reliance Industries (oil, gas and telecommunications)
