Business

Forbes has released its annual “World’s Billionaires List” and ten Marylanders (including many from Montgomery County) have made the list. According to Forbes, “there are now more billionaires than ever: 2,781 in all, 141 more than last year and 26 more than the record set in 2021. They’re richer than ever, worth $14.2 trillion in aggregate, up by $2 trillion from 2023 and $1.1 trillion above the previous record, also set in 2021. Two-thirds of the list’s members are worth more than a year ago; only one fourth are poorer.” Below are the ten Maryland billionaires who made the list:

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Education

Chelsea Zhu, a sophomore at Richard Montgomery High School and an Rockville, Md., resident, was awarded first prize in the 2024 Gaithersburg Book Festival poetry contest for high school students for her poem “Voyage to the Exoplanet.” 

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