4 crypto-entrepreneurs in the billionaire Forbes 2020

This year, a handful ofentrepreneurs specialized in cryptocurrencies as Bitcoin have slipped into the ranking of richest people on the planet from the magazine Forbes.

On the podium of Forbes Billionaire 2020, we find the boss of Amazon Jeff Bezos, the founder of Microsoft Bill gates and French Bernard Arnault, majority shareholder and CEO of the LVMH group.

While the ranking includes 2095 billionaires, the first crypto-entrepreneur is positioned only at the 616th place. This is Chinese Micree zhan, co-founder of the powerful bitcoin mining company Bitmain, with a fortune estimated at $ 3.2 billion.

We then see the co-founder of Ripple, Chris Larsen, in 804th position ($ 2.6 billion). The American entrepreneur has been involved in cryptography since 2012 with his first project OpenCoin.

The 3rd crypto-billionaire is none other than the second face of Bitmain, Jihan Wu with a net worth of $ 1.8 billion.

Finally, the CEO and founder of Coinbase, Brian Armstrong, is the last crypto-expert present in the Forbes Billionaire 2020 with just $ 1 billion.

Some major players in the cryptocurrency industry, such as Winklevoss twins (Gemini), Changpeng Zhao (Binance) or even Joseph Lubin (Ethereum and ConsenSys), are absent from the ranking although they were in a good position in the The Richest People in Crypto 2018 from the American magazine.

The wealthiest people in the world are not immune to the coronavirus. As the pandemic tightened its grip on Europe and the United States, global stock markets exploded, reversing many fortunes. As of March 18, when we finalized this list, we had 2,095 billionaires, 58 fewer than a year ago and 226 less than 12 days earlier, "said Forbes.