China’s super-rich see fortunes plunge as economy slows

China's super-rich saw their wealth fall by the largest amount in over two decades, as the Russia-Ukraine war, Beijing's zero-Covid measures and falling local stock markets pummelled fortunes, an annual rich list showed. The Hurun Rich list, which ranks China's wealthiest people with a minimum net worth of 5 billion yuan ($690m), said only 1,305 people made the threshold this year, down 11% from last year. Their total wealth was $3.5tn, down 18% from last year. The number of individuals with $10bn or more fell by 29, and the number of billionaires, in US dollars, dropped by 239 this year,…