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The Hurun Research Institute released the "2026 Hurun Global Rich List," with the wealth calculation cutoff date of January 15, 2026. Binance founder CZ has a wealth of 200 billion RMB, ranking 12th on the Chinese entrepreneurs list and 76th in the world. There are a total of 23 billionaires in the global cryptocurrency sector, among which CZ's wealth increased by over 30%, Ripple's Chris Larsen saw his wealth return to 110 billion RMB, and Revolut's Nikolay Storonsky experienced a 122% increase in wealth.Elon Musk, with a wealth of 5.5 trillion RMB, has become the world's richest person for the fifth time in six years, with an increase of 89%. Jeff Bezos ranks second with 2.1 trillion RMB, an increase of 13%. Alphabet's Larry Page saw his wealth grow by 65% to 1.9 trillion RMB, entering the top three for the first time.

The Hurun Research Institute today released the "2026 Hurun Quality Life Report for High Net Worth Individuals in China," which states: "The commonly used information platforms are Xiaohongshu and Douyin, the commonly used AIs are DeepSeek and Doubao, and the most followed financial bloggers are Wu Xiaobo Channel, Xiao Lin Says, and Ren Zeping."61% of the surveyed high net worth individuals frequently use Xiaohongshu for information, which is 13 percentage points higher than Douyin. 32% of high net worth individuals frequently watch WeChat Video Accounts, and 24% frequently watch Bilibili. The enthusiasm for Eastmoney and Zhihu exceeds 20%, while Tonghuashun and Wind Info receive 14% enthusiasm.By age group, over 70% of U25 individuals use Xiaohongshu and Douyin as their most common information platforms, while U40 and those over 45 prefer to use Video Accounts. The audience for professional investment software like Eastmoney, Wind Info, and Tonghuashun is mainly U35 and U40.The top three financial bloggers that high net worth individuals most frequently follow are Wu Xiaobo Channel (38%), Xiao Lin Says (23%), and Ren Zeping (17%).The most commonly used AI assistants among the surveyed high net worth individuals are DeepSeek and Doubao. By age group, U25 most frequently uses ChatGPT, while U30, U35, U40, and U45 predominantly use DeepSeek, and respondents over 45 most frequently use Doubao.

The "Hurun 2025 Report on Financial Investment Needs and Trends of China's High Net Worth Individuals" reveals that the proportion of various types of financial investments among domestic high net worth individuals is 2% for digital currencies, both in terms of the amount and in the overseas financial investment products allocated over the past three years. In the adjustment plans for financial investments over the next year, 25% of high net worth individuals plan to increase their investment in digital currencies, and the proportion of digital currencies among the overseas financial investment products they are considering for the next year is 6%.The report also points out that over 90% of high net worth individuals indicate they have a collecting habit. With the arrival of the AI era, the popularity of digital collectibles is gradually rising, making its first appearance in the top ten, accounting for 7%.

ChainCatcher message, CZ responded to "ranking 13th with a wealth of 190 billion, an increase of about 41% compared to last year" by saying: Nonsense, it's about 1/100.

ChainCatcher news, the Hurun Research Institute released the "2025 Hurun Global Rich List," showing that the number of billion-dollar entrepreneurs worldwide has reached a historic high of 3,442, an increase of 163 from last year (a growth of 5%). At 53 years old, Elon Musk has become the world's richest person for the fourth time in five years, with a wealth of 3.07 trillion RMB, an 82% increase, mainly due to the surge in Tesla's stock price after Trump's election. Amazon founder Jeff Bezos ranks second with 1.94 trillion RMB, while Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg enters the top three for the first time with 1.77 trillion RMB.Binance founder Zhao Changpeng's wealth has grown to 160 billion RMB, making him still the richest person in the cryptocurrency field. Coinbase's Brian Armstrong saw his wealth increase by 72%, reaching 80 billion RMB. Bitcoin holders have also seen significant increases in wealth, with Strategy's Michael Saylor's wealth nearly tripling to 65 billion RMB, and the Winklevoss twins from Gemini Exchange nearly doubling their wealth to 28 billion RMB. On average, wealth in the cryptocurrency sector has grown by 80% year-on-year.The AI sector has performed remarkably, with Hangzhou DeepSeek founder Liang Wenfeng and OpenAI founder Sam Altman debuting on the Hurun Global Rich List with 33 billion and 13 billion RMB, respectively. Additionally, NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang's wealth has nearly doubled, reaching 935 billion RMB, ranking 11th.It is worth mentioning that Donald Trump has become the richest U.S. president in history, with his wealth nearly doubling to 52.5 billion RMB, placing him in the top 500 of the Hurun Global Rich List, mainly due to his 53% stake in Truth Social.

According to ChainCatcher news, the Shanghai Securities Journal reported that the Hurun Research Institute released the "2024 Hurun Global Unicorn List," showing that the number of unicorn companies worldwide has increased by 17% year-on-year to 803, distributed across 38 countries. Among them, the number of Chinese companies has risen from 70 in 2019 to 258, with 77 in biotechnology and 29 in AI among the 302 new companies.The data shows that over 25% of unicorn companies have applied AI technology in fields such as fintech, blockchain, and SaaS, with an average valuation of $700 million. Hurun stated that the integration of technologies such as generative AI, machine learning, AR/VR, and cloud computing has brought unprecedented development opportunities for innovative companies.It is reported that unicorn companies refer to young companies that grow rapidly like African gazelles, typically established after 2000, expected to reach a valuation of $1 billion within three years, and are unlisted companies with continuous innovation capabilities and rapid growth potential.

ChainCatcher news, according to Shanghai Securities Journal, the Hurun Research Institute has released the "2024 Hurun Global Unicorn List," showing that the number of unicorn companies worldwide has increased by 17% year-on-year to 803, distributed across 38 countries. Among them, the number of Chinese companies has risen from 70 in 2019 to 258, with 77 new companies in biotechnology and 29 in AI.Data shows that over 25% of unicorn companies have applied AI technology in fields such as fintech, blockchain, and SaaS, with an average valuation of $700 million. Hurun stated that the integration of technologies such as generative AI, machine learning, AR/VR, and cloud computing has brought unprecedented development opportunities for innovative companies.Note: Unicorn companies refer to young companies that grow rapidly like African gazelles, typically established after 2000, expected to reach a valuation of $1 billion within three years, and are unlisted companies with continuous innovation capabilities and rapid growth potential.

ChainCatcher news, according to the Hurun Baifu WeChat official account, the Hurun Research Institute has released the "2024 Hengchang Shaofang · Hurun Rich List," with Binance's former CEO Zhao Changpeng ranking 16th on the list with a wealth of 135 billion yuan.The article mentions that although Zhao Changpeng was arrested in California last year and has paid over 7 billion dollars in fines, his wealth has still increased by 90 billion yuan compared to last year (ranking 2nd in the list of the most wealth growth), reaching 135 billion yuan, mainly due to the increase in total trading volume of virtual currencies over the past year, with the price of Bitcoin rising 130% compared to the same period last year, reaching 65,000 dollars.In addition, the market value of the virtual currency exchange Coinbase has increased from 19 billion dollars to 46 billion dollars, more than doubling. It is reported that Zhao Changpeng from Binance just made the list in 2018, and now his wealth has also surpassed 100 billion.

ChainCatcher news, according to PR Newswire, the digital asset financial services platform Matrixport announced its inclusion in the "2024 Global Unicorn List" published by the Hurun Research Institute. The "2024 Global Unicorn List" lists non-public companies founded after 2000 with a valuation of over $1 billion. Since 2017, the Hurun Research Institute has been tracking unicorn companies, and this is the sixth release of the global unicorn list.It is reported that Matrixport provides services such as virtual asset trading, lending, wealth management, asset appreciation, and custody to institutions and qualified investors in multiple countries and regions around the world. Just two years after its establishment, in 2021, it completed a Series C funding round with a valuation of over $1 billion, entering the unicorn ranks, and in 2022, it was recognized by CB Insights as one of the 50 most promising blockchain and crypto companies globally.

ChainCatcher news, according to the latest "2024 Global Unicorn List" released by the Hurun Research Institute, Binance has entered the TOP 10 list for the first time, ranking ninth.In addition, the top three positions in this list are ByteDance, SpaceX, and OpenAI, which also entered the top ten for the first time. Binance is the only blockchain company in the TOP 10 list and is also the youngest company among the TOP 10.

ChainCatcher news, the Hurun Research Institute released the "2024 Hurun Global Rich List" on March 25 (the wealth calculation cut-off date was January 15, 2024), with 52-year-old Elon Musk reclaiming the title of the richest person with a fortune of 1.67 trillion RMB (231 billion USD).In addition, the Hurun Research Institute noted that since the collapse of FTX, cryptocurrency seems to have made progress. Although Binance was fined over 4 billion USD by the U.S. Department of Justice for money laundering, the wealth of its former CEO Changpeng Zhao has grown to 130 billion RMB (18 billion USD), placing him at 100th on the list. The wealth of Coinbase founder Brian Armstrong and Ripple founder Chris Larsen also increased by 50%, reaching 46 billion RMB (6.4 billion USD) and 24.5 billion RMB (3.4 billion USD), respectively, ranking 475th and 1024th on the list. Upon inquiry, Coinbase board member Frederick Ernest Ehrsam III also appears on the list at 1024th with a wealth of 24.5 billion RMB.

ChainCatcher news, Hurun released the 2023 Hurun Rich List, in which Wu Jihan ranked 9th among Peking University alumni with a wealth of 10 billion yuan, Li Lin ranked 3rd among Tongji University alumni and 22nd among Tsinghua University alumni (master's) with a wealth of 7 billion yuan, and Xu Mingxing ranked 16th among Renmin University alumni with a wealth of 5 billion yuan.