{"id":63432,"date":"2022-04-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-07T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/63432\/two-lebanese-on-forbes-richest-arabs-of-2022-list"},"modified":"2023-08-30T04:05:40","modified_gmt":"2023-08-30T04:05:40","slug":"two-lebanese-on-forbes-richest-arabs-of-2022-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/63432\/two-lebanese-on-forbes-richest-arabs-of-2022-list\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Lebanese On Forbes&#8217; Richest Arabs Of 2022 List"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Guess who!<\/p>\n<p>  Forbes has released its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/chasewithorn\/2022\/04\/05\/forbes-36th-annual-worlds-billionaires-list-facts-and-figures-2022\/\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">36th World&#8217;s Billionaires ranking for 2022<\/a> and it includes 21 Arabs (one less than last year\u2014we&#8217;ll pause while you cry). <\/p>\n<p>  This year, Lebanon&#8217;s lion&#8217;s share lay with the brothers Najib and Taha Mikati tying for 4th rank on the list, each boasting a net worth of <b>$3.2 billion<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>  Most noteworthy is the fact that Najib and Taha were 2022&#8217;s biggest gainers, each managing to add a whopping $700 million to their net worth during one of the most tumultuous years. <\/p>\n<p>  Bahaa, Ayman, and Fahed Hariri were knocked off of this year&#8217;s list after having been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbesmiddleeast.com\/lists\/meet-2021s-arab-billionaires\/\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">heavily featured in 2021<\/a>. Cue the world&#8217;s tiniest violin. <\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c.tenor.com\/YIGg3avGKzoAAAAd\/worlds-smallest-violin.gif\" width=\"70%\"><\/p>\n<p>  Egyptian businessman Nassif Sawiris retained his rank of #1, despite suffering a loss of $600 million. <\/p>\n<p>  One of the richest men in the world, billionaire Najib Mikati is currently the Prime Minister of Lebanon, a country that has seen over 70% of the population fall under poverty lines. <\/p>\n<p>  Mabrouk, b*tches. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guess who!<\/p>\n<p>Forbes has released its 36th World&#8217;s Billionaires ranking for 2022 and it includes 21 Arabs (one less than last year\u2014we&#8217;ll pause while you cry).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":428163,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_preview_accessed":0,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"media-embed-type":[],"class_list":["post-63432","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"authorship":[102],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Two Lebanese On Forbes&#039; Richest Arabs Of 2022 List<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Guess who! 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