Forbes released its 35th annual billionaire list in April. The numbers of people on it grew to an unprecedented 2,755 people; those on the list are now 86% richer than they were a year ago.There are 660 more billionaires than last year, and the worldís most prosperous class of people combined to gain more than $5 trillion in worth, in just a year. In Colorado, billionaires became almost $10 billion richer since March 2020.Coloradoís richest person is businessman Philip Anschutz, according to the Forbes list. The investor has a net worth of $10.1 billion. Anschutz, age 81, did not follow the trend worldwide. He lost about $1 billion in the past year, dropping on the billionairesí list from No. 118 to No. 224 of the richest people in the world.Other Colorado billionaires
- Charles Ergen, co-founder and chairman of Dish Network and EchoStar, $9 billion
- John Malone, former CEO of Tele-Communications, $7.8 billion
- Mark Stevens, Silicon Valley venture capitalist, net worth: $3.7 billion
- Pat Stryker, Stryker Corp. and founder of the Bohemian Foundation, $3 billion
- James Leprino, Leprino Foods chairman, $3 billion
- Kenneth Tuchman, TTEC, $2.8 billion
- Gary Magness, cable television and movie production investments, $1.6 billion
- Thomas Bailey, formerly of Janus, net worth: $1.2 billion.
