{"id":391951,"date":"2022-01-10T12:07:09","date_gmt":"2022-01-10T09:07:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/binance-ceo-cz-richest-crypto-billionaire-at-96b-bloomberg\/"},"modified":"2022-01-10T12:07:09","modified_gmt":"2022-01-10T09:07:09","slug":"binance-ceo-cz-richest-crypto-billionaire-at-96b-bloomberg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/binance-ceo-cz-richest-crypto-billionaire-at-96b-bloomberg\/","title":{"rendered":"# Binance CEO CZ richest crypto billionaire at $96B: Bloomberg"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong># Binance CEO CZ richest crypto billionaire at $96B: Bloomberg <\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-content\" data-v-128018ef>Changpeng Zhao, the CEO of Binance, tops the list of richest crypto billionaires with an estimated net worth of $96 billion.<\/p>\n<p>According to Bloomberg CZ <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/features\/2022-01-09\/binance-ceo-cz-s-net-worth-billionaire-holds-world-s-biggest-crypto-fortune\">ranks<\/a> 11th among the world\u2019s richest people as Binance retains its position as the biggest crypto exchange in terms of trading volume.<\/p>\n<p>CZ, the 44-year-old crypto entrepreneur, overtook Asia\u2019s richest billionaire Mukesh Ambani despite Bloomberg excluding his personal crypto holdings such as Bitcoin (BTC) and the exchange\u2019s in-house Binance Coin (BNB) tokens.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The industry is growing.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CZ  Binance (@cz_binance) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cz_binance\/status\/1452963618799202310?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 26, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nAccording to Bloomberg\u2019s estimation, CZ stands just behind Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison, whose net worth currently leads by roughly $11 billion. While this was the first time Bloomberg estimated CZ\u2019s fortune, Binance\u2019s growth trajectory signals a possibility of exceeding tech goliaths such as Meta\u2019s Mark Zuckerberg and Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, Zuckerberg, Page and Brin and rank 5th, 6th and 7th respectively, with Tesla CEO Elon Musk ranking leading the billionaires\u2019 list with an estimated fortune of $263 billion.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.cointelegraph.com\/uploads\/2022-01\/49cabf16-c598-424c-afc0-922fcc7f4027.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><figcaption style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Top 10 richest billionaires. Source: Bloomberg Billionaires Index.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView confirm that the price of BNB <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>reciated over 1,300% in the past year alone. If calculated, CZ will become the first crypto entrepreneur to enter the top 10 billionaires list.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.cointelegraph.com\/uploads\/2022-01\/be794ff1-8cdc-43f4-b930-f4357dc84b35.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><figcaption style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Price performance of BNB token FY 2021. Source: TradingView.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em><strong>Related: <\/strong><strong>Former Binance execs say exchange is worth $300B: Report<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The success of Binance globally can be attributed to CZ\u2019s ongoing efforts to accrue operational licenses across all jurisdictions globally. Despite regulatory hurdles, Binance maintains an ongoing partnership and acquisition streak to remain a leader in the crypto trading space.<\/p>\n<p>Most recently, the crypto exchange finalized the acquisition of Swipe, a prominent crypto Visa card provider that operates at over 70 million locations worldwide. In addition, Binance also launched a $1 billion initiative to fast-track the development of the Binance Smart Chain ecosystem and advance mainstream adoption across the financial <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">technology<\/a> sector.<\/p>\n<p><template data-name=\"subscription_form\" data-type=\"markets_outlook\"><\/template><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. Follow us on\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAqBwgKMLG0nwswvr63Aw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Google News<\/a><\/span>\u00a0too, click on the star and choose us from your favorites.<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">For forums sites go to <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/forum.buradabiliyorum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Forum.BuradaBiliyorum.Com<\/a><\/span><\/strong>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you want to read more <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a> articles, you can visit our <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/general\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">General category.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/binance-ceo-cz-richest-crypto-billionaire-at-96b-bloomberg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;# Binance CEO CZ richest crypto billionaire at $96B: Bloomberg &#8221; Changpeng Zhao, the CEO of Binance, tops the list of richest crypto billionaires with an estimated net worth of $96 billion. According to Bloomberg CZ ranks 11th among the world\u2019s richest people as Binance retains its position as the biggest crypto exchange in terms&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":391952,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/images.cointelegraph.com\/images\/1200_aHR0cHM6Ly9zMy5jb2ludGVsZWdyYXBoLmNvbS91cGxvYWRzLzIwMjItMDEvZDk0MzFkZjgtZjk0Mi00ZDgyLWJiMWUtMDdlYmQwZDFjMmE3LmpwZw==.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[74867,75014,75166,74862,74894,75147,77672,117],"class_list":["post-391951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","tag-altcoin","tag-binance","tag-binance-coin","tag-bitcoin","tag-blockchain","tag-bloomberg","tag-changpeng-zhao","tag-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391951","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=391951"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391951\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/391952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=391951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=391951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=391951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}