Forbes: 21 billionaires will die in 2023, half over 90 years old

21 billionaires passed away in 2023, about half of them were over 90 years old, writes Forbes.

The oldest person on the list was American Charles Munger, vice chairman and shareholder of Berkshire Hathaway. He was 99 years old. Moreover, the average age of the deceased is 85 years.

The publication mentions only one woman, Zhao Ning from China. She was a co-founder of the Chinese pharmaceutical company WuXi AppTec. She died at the age of 56 after a long battle with cancer.

In total, the list includes nine US citizens, three from India and two from Malaysia.

“Indian paint tycoon Ashwin Dani, who died aged 80 in September, was the richest billionaire to die this year, with a fortune valued at eight billion dollars” – noted in the material.

Let us recall that at the end of December 2023, Bloomberg reported that Elon Musk again became the richest person on the planet.