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- Indonesian business mogul Prajogo Pangestu grew his wealth seven-fold this year to $31.9 billion.
- Pangestu was among those who saw the biggest wealth increase by percentage of fortune in 2023.
- Another lesser-known billionaire on the list is service-store owner Judy Love.
The world's richest people added vast amounts to their fortunes in 2023.
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, for example, added $95.4 billion to his net worth, according to estimates from the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg added an estimated $84 billion.
But some of the people who added billions to their wealth this year are much less well known.
The Bloomberg Billionaires Index tracks the estimated wealth of the world's 500 richest people.