Forbes announces the list of the richest people in Brazil today; check out

Forbes released last Friday (1st) the relationship with Brazilian billionaires following its new standard.

The list is extensive, however, it takes families as a group as one of its analysis characteristics, instead of the previous method used.

According to the publicity teams, the placement of billionaires based on family groups makes more sense.

This provides more accurate information about a family's wealth as a whole and makes room for other billionaires on the list.

However, an incredible change occurred from the previous year to this edition, showing all the female power and its growth in this list of Forbes.

Follow along to see more details about this case and find out who takes the top spots.

News for the new ranking

As stated above, according to one of Forbes' new guidelines, list participants now have their assets grouped into families. In this way, values ​​are united in order to form the real financial situation of the family group.

Furthermore, this year's list features a total of 60 women occupying important positions and representing 22% of the total placements. This is an incredible change, compared to last year's ranking, which had only 10% of female members.

Another point that leaves many astonished is that, even with the Lojas Americanas crisis, billionaire Jorge Paulo Lemann, one of the company's three main partners, had an increase in his wealth.

With the growth of R$3 billion compared to last year, his fortune reaches the value of R$74.9 billion.

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See the list of the top 9 on the Forbes list

A change seen in this ranking publicized is the leadership occupied by women in placements, being a novelty compared to what had been shown in the last 12 years. This demonstrates the growth of female influence in the business world.

The list released by Forbes was:

1. Vicky Sarfati Safra and family (Banco Safra): R$87.8 billion;

2. Eduardo Luiz Saverin (Facebook): R$83.5 billion;

3. Jorge Paulo Lemann and family (AB Indev/3G Capital): R$74.9 billion;

4. Marcel Herrmann Telles (AB Indev/3G Capital): R$50.4 billion;

5. Carlos Alberto da Veiga Sicupira and family (AB Indev/3G Capital): R$41.3 billion;

6. André Santos Esteves (BTG Pactual): R$36.5 billion;

7. Alexandre Behring da Costa (3G Capital): R$28.8 billion;

8. João Moreira Salles and Walther Moreira Salles Jr. (Banco Itaú/CBMM): R$22.1 billion each;

9. Pedro Moreira Salles and Fernando Roberto Moreira Salles (Banco Itaú/CBMM): R$20.65 billion each.