Bloomberg's ranking of the world's richest people · Energy Profits · Breaking: New Olympic sport in Paris 2024

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• Bloomberg's ranking of the world's richest people

• Energy Profits: visual data to raise global awareness

• Breaking: New Olympic sport in Paris 2024

Bloomberg's ranking of the world's richest people

One of the rankings published by Bloomberg is the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, a daily updated list of the 500 richest people in the world.

For each person, the index provides an estimate of their total wealth, the daily and annual change in absolute terms (in dollars), their country of origin, and the industrial sector in which they operate.

For example, according to the index for this past Monday, May 20, these were the top ten billionaires in the Bloomberg ranking. The list was headed by the French businessman Bernard Arnault, with a fortune valued at $220 billion, followed by Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, and Larry Page. Eight of the top ten are in the technology sector.

The Spanish businessman Amancio Ortega, founder of the textile group Inditex, occupies the 16th position with a fortune valued at $93 billion.

To view the detailed profile of each person included in the list, a paid subscription to Bloomberg.com is required, but the index can be consulted for free. 

Link:

• Bloomberg Billionaires Index

Energy Profits: visual data to raise global awareness

 “Energy Profits” is the project of an international group of investigative journalists and researchers who are calling for the world's largest and most profitable oil and gas companies to help finance, through taxes or mandatory donations, a Loss and Damage Fund to mitigate the effects of the climate crisis.

To help meet this goal, they were asked to create a distinctive brand, website, infographics, video, and social assets to be used and referenced by the national media and partner climate organizations.

As a result, they created in collaboration with the agency Jory&Co,  the ‘Energy Profits’ brand and website, a “hard-hitting and visually compelling site that brings to life the uncomfortable and shocking statistics, highlighting just how much oil companies and their CEOs are profiting at the expense of the planet.” The campaign's slogan is “Make polluters pay.”

According to the project’s proponents, “In 2022 profits for the five oil majors soared to nearly $200 billion. In the same year, global CO2 emissions from fossil fuels hit a record high. The global energy crisis has pushed millions into poverty, and climate-related disasters are devastating the world’s poorest communities.” They add: “Instead of investing profits in the transition to clean energy, oil majors continue their destructive investment in fossil fuels.”

This digital project has earned two Webby Awards this year in the categories of Activism and Best Data Visualization.

Links:

• Energy Profits

• Jory&Co Agency

• Information about the project – Jory&Co

Breaking: New Olympic sport in Paris 2024

Breaking will debut as an Olympic sport at the Paris 2024 Games this summer.

The BBC has published a comprehensive multimedia report explaining the origins and essential elements of this dance style that emerged on the streets of New York in the 1970s, half a century ago.

Links:

• From New York to Paris – Breaking: The new Olympic sport for 2024 explained - BBC

 These other links provide more information about this new Olympic sport:

• Breaking – Olympics.com

• Break-dancing busts into the Olympics for the first time. Here’s what to expect in Paris. – NBC

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