DOLLY PARTON RETURNS TO PUBLIC EYE TO CELEBRATE OPENING DAY AT DOLLYWOOD . (PHOTO).

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 Dolly Parton returns to public eye to celebrate opening day at Dollywood     Dolly Parton made her first public appearance in months to celebrate the opening day of Dollywood in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, on Friday. The country music icon reflected on the past year, a year after the death of her husband of nearly 60 years, Carl Dean, saying she is “doing good” and has been working to rebuild herself spiritually, emotionally, and physically after grieving and dealing with health issues that kept her from touring. Joined on stage by Dollywood president Eugene Naughton, Parton brought her trademark humor to the crowd, joking about rumors of a new husband while reaffirming her devotion to Dean. She also shared updates on her ongoing projects, including a new Broadway musical and her Dolly’s Life of Many Colors Museum in Nashville. Parton previewed the park’s 41st season, highlighting the upcoming NightFlight Expedition ride, a new “Run Dollywood” race weekend, an updated ...

FULL LIST OF FORBES' 25 WORLD BILLIONAIRES IN 2023.(PHOTO).



 Full list of Forbes’ 25 world billionaires in 2023


American business magazine, Forbes, in its 2023 list of 25 richest people in the world, featured Bernard Arnault on the No. 1 spot, followed by Twitter Chief Executive Officer, Elon Musk.


In its previous list in 2022, Musk was on the No. 1 spot.


Forbes described the drop of Musk from the top spot as ” this year’s second-biggest loser”, adding that “Elon Musk, had it worse.”


Musk lost his title of the world’s richest person after his pricey purchase of Twitter, which he funded in part by the sale of Tesla shares, helping to spook investors. Musk, who is worth $39 billion less than a year ago, Is now No. 2.


For Jeff Bezos, fortune knocked him from number. 2 in the world in 2022 to No. 3 this year as Amazon shares crashed by 38 per cent.


Also, among the top 25, two billionaires  — Zhang Yiming, Changpeng Zhao lost their spots and were unable to make it on the list for this year.


Yiming, the founder of Tik Tok-parent Bytedance, dropped one place, from No. 25 to No. 26, as his embattled company has taken a haircut from investors while Zhao, Binance founder, known as CZ, fell from No. 19 last year all the way to No. 167 amid the crypto winter.


Below are the list of Forbes 25 richest people in the world in 2023 with their net worth


1.     Bernard Arnault & family


(Net worth: $211 Billion | Source of Wealth: LVMH | Age: 74 | Citizenship: France)


2.     Elon Musk


(Net worth: $180 Billion | Source of Wealth: Tesla, SpaceX | Age: 51 | Citizenship: U.S.)


3.     Jeff Bezos


(Net worth: $114 Billion | Source of Wealth: Amazon | Age: 59 | Citizenship: U.S.)


4.     Larry Ellison


(Net worth: $107 Billion | Source of Wealth: Oracle | Age: 78 | Citizenship: U.S.)


5.     Warren Buffett


(Net worth: $106 Billion | Source of Wealth: Berkshire Hathaway | Age: 92 | Citizenship: U.S.)


6.     Bill Gates


(Net worth: $104 Billion | Source of Wealth: Microsoft | Age: 67 | Citizenship: U.S.)


7.     Michael Bloomberg


(Net worth: $94.5 Billion | Source of Wealth: Bloomberg LP | Age: 81 | Citizenship: U.S.)


8.     Carlos Slim Helú & family


(Net worth: $93 Billion | Source of Wealth: Telecom | Age: 83 | Citizenship: Mexico)


9.     Mukesh Ambani


(Net worth: $83.4 Billion | Source of Wealth: Diversified| Age: 65 | Citizenship: IFranc


10.  Steve Ballmer


(Net worth: $80.7 Billion | Source of Wealth: Microsoft | Age: 67 | Citizenship: U.S.)


11.  Françoise Bettencourt Meyers & family


(Net worth: $80.5 Billion | Source of Wealth: L’Oréal | Age: 69 | Citizenship: France)


12.  Larry Page


(Net worth: $79.2 Billion | Source of Wealth: Google | Age: 50 | Citizenship: U.S.)


13.  Amancio Ortega


(Net worth: $77.3 Billion | Source of Wealth: Zara | Age: 87 | Citizenship: Spain)


14.  Sergey Brin


(Net worth: $76 Billion | Source of Wealth: Google | Age: 49 | Citizenship: U.S.)


15.  Zhong Shanshan


(Net worth: $68 Billion | Source of Wealth: Beverages, pharmaceuticals | Age: 68 | Citizenship: China)


16.  Mark Zuckerberg


(Net worth: $64.4 Billion | Source of Wealth: Facebook | Age: 38 | Citizenship: U.S.)


17.  Charles Koch


(Net worth: $59 Billion | Source of Wealth: Koch Industries | Age: 87 | Citizenship: U.S.)


18.  Julia Koch & family


(Net worth: $59 Billion | Source of Wealth: Koch Industries | Age: 60 | Citizenship: U.S.)


19.  Jim Walton


(Net worth: $58.8 Billion | Source of Wealth: Walmart | Age: 74 | Citizenship: U.S.)


20.  Rob Walton


(Net worth: $57.6 Billion | Source of Wealth: Walmart | Age: 78 | Citizenship: U.S.)


21.  Alice Walton


(Net worth: $56.7 Billion | Source of Wealth: Walmart | Age: 73 | Citizenship: U.S.)


22.  David Thomson & family


(Net worth: $54.4 Billion | Source of Wealth: Media | Age: 65 | Citizenship: Canada)


23.  Michael Dell


(Net worth: $50.1 Billion | Source of Wealth: Dell Technologies | Age: 58 | Citizenship: U.S.)


24.  Gautam Adani


(Net worth: $47.2 Billion | Source of Wealth: Infrastructure, commodities | Age: 60 | Citizenship: India)


25.  Phil Knight & family


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