ISLAMABAD: Here is a list of the big winners of the year 2024 including sportsman, businessman, Nobel laureate, and others.
Donald J Trump
Republican Donald Trump won the US election in 2024 despite assassination attempts, criminal convictions, and a shift in his opponent.
Trump won numerous key battleground states and swept to a resounding victory.
Han Kang
South Korean author Han Kang, was awarded the prize for literature “for her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life”.
According to WE Forum, on hearing the news, she told the Swedish Academy: “I’m going to have tea with my son and I’ll celebrate it quietly tonight.”
Elon Musk
Elon Musk is ranked as the wealthiest individual in the world, Elon Musk has a total net worth of $451 billion as of 2024. He saw an incredible $222 billion increase in his wealth this year, driven by the continued success of Tesla and SpaceX, solidifying his dominance in the tech and space industries, according to Business Day.
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia will host the FIFA World Cup in 2034 which is the largest sporting event on the planet. Saudi Aabia’s influence in the global sporting sector is increasing.
Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift was 2024’s most-streamed artist globally, ranking in more than 26.6 billion streams. She’s followed by The Weeknd, Bad Bunny, Drake and Billie Eilish, in that order, according to AP.
Cillian Murphy
Cillian Murphy won the Oscar for best actor for his role in Oppenheimer at the 96th Academy Awards. Murphy had the title role in the film, a biopic of pioneering atomic-weapons scientist J Robert Oppenheimer written and directed by Christopher Nolan.
Arshad Nadeem
Pakistan’s first-ever individual Olympic gold medal winner and the nation’s first medallist in athletics at the Summer Games. Arshad Nadeem, who has an imposing frame and stands 6 foot 3 inches tall, won the javelin throw title in style at Paris 2024 with an Olympic record of 92.97m. The mark is also an Asian record.
