Inside Asian Gaming

IAG MAY 2020年5月 亞博匯 12 亞博匯早報 BREAKFAST BRIEFS ADELSON LOSES 29% OF NET WORTH BUT STILL TOPS GLOBAL GAMING RICH LIST 艾德森淨資產縮水29％，仍位居全球博彩富豪榜榜首 LAS VEGAS SANDS Chairman and CEO Sheldon Adelson has been named the wealthiest individual in the global gaming industry, ranking 28th on the Forbes 2020 rich list with a net worth of US$26.8 billion. However, the LVS boss has seen his fortune fall amid the COVID-19 pandemic, having been ranked 24th as recently as November 2019 with a net worth at that time of US$37.7 billion. The US$10.9 billion drop in his net worth means 28.9% of his fortune has been wiped away since the emergence of the global coronavirus outbreak. Such impact was highlighted as a common trend by Forbes , who noted in releasing their 2020 rich list that “The richest people on Earth are not immune to the coronavirus. As the pandemic tightened its grip on Europe and America, global equity markets imploded, tanking many fortunes. “As of March 18, when we finalized this list, Forbes counted 2,095 billionaires, 58 fewer than a year ago and 226 fewer than just 12 days earlier, when we initially calculated these net worths. “Of the billionaires who remain, 51% are poorer than they were last year. In raw terms, the world’s billionaires are worth US$8 trillion, down US$700 billion from 2019.” 拉斯維加斯 金沙集團主席兼行政總裁蕭登·艾德森 再度當選全球博彩行業首富，以268億美元淨資產 登上《福布斯》2020年富豪排行榜第28位。 然而，這位拉斯維加斯金沙的領軍人物卻不得 不眼睜睜看著自己的財富在新冠病毒疫情全球大流 行中縮水。直至2019年11月，他還位列第24位，當時 他的身家為377億美元。自新冠病毒疫情全球爆發 以來，他的財富身家縮水了109億美元，意即其財產 損失了28.9％。 《福布斯》指出，疫情的影響是普遍性的。該雜 誌在公佈2020年全球富豪榜時指出：「即使是地球 上最富有的人在應對新冠疫情上亦無法獨善其身。 隨著歐美的疫情愈演愈烈，全球股市暴跌，很多人的 財富一落千丈。」 「截至3月18日，當我們最終確定本名單時，《 福布斯》共統計了2095位億萬富翁，比上一年減少 了58人，比12天之前我們開始計算淨資產之時減少 了226人。」 「留在榜單上的億萬富翁中，有51%資產較去 年縮水。從原始數據來看，全球億萬富翁的身家總額 為8萬億美元，較2019年減少了7,000億美元。」