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Overtaking Bill Gates: The Man Who Climbed Straight From Prison to the Top of the World's Wealthiest People

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Changfeng Zhao (CZ), founder of the crypto exchange Binance, continues to amaze the capital market: Less than two years after his release from federal prison in the United States after pleading guilty to money laundering and financial regulatory violations, he has overtaken Bill Gates on Forbes' real-time billionaires ranking, with an estimated fortune of $107.7 billion. According to the data, Zhao is currently ranked 18th in the world, with his…
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Changfeng Zhao (CZ), founder of the crypto exchange Binance, continues to amaze the capital market: Less than two years after his release from federal prison in the United States after pleading guilty to money laundering and financial regulatory violations, he has overtaken Bill Gates on Forbes' real-time billionaires ranking, with an estimated fortune of $107.7 billion. According to the data, Zhao is currently ranked 18th in the world, with his…

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kikar.co.il broke the news on Thursday, July 2, 2026.
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