The Corona virus (COVID-19) pandemic has swept the world for a year. It has been a difficult time for most people. However, the world billionaire’s wealth still increase during covid-19.
On Sunday (28/3/2021), the billionaire United States (US) has enjoyed a record profit for a year.
Since March 2020, the combined wealth of 657 billionaires from the United States has increased by more than US $ 1.3 trillion or 44.6%.
The billionaires now have a combined net worth of US $ 4.3 trillion, according to a Fast Company report.
According to spreadsheets compiled by the Institute for Policy Studies and American for Tax Fairness published by Forbes, they enjoyed the greatest wealth growth between March 18, 2020 and January 18, 2021.
List of World Billionaire’s Wealth
According to the list, Elon Musk wealth from Tesla increased by US $ 154 billion , while Amazon’s Jeff Bezos made $ 68.5 billion. Mark Zuckerberg’s fortune grew to US $ 37.3 billion, while Quicken Loans’ Daniel Gilbert made US $ 35 billion.
Fifteen billionaires, including Musk, Bezos and Zuckerberg, have seen a combined US $ 563 billion increase in wealth since March 18, 2020, since the COVID-19 lockdown began.
As of March 18 this year, Musk experienced a 559% increase in personal wealth or US $ 137.5 billion, compared to the same date in 2020 according to a Fast Company report.
That same year, nearly 80 million Americans lost their jobs. On February 27, 2021, 18 million became unemployed.
A year after the pandemic outbreak, billionaires are still enjoying growing wealth, while 43 new names have joined the national billionaire club since the pandemic began.
On average, the wealth of the 15 richest billionaires increased 58.7% between March and January, while some, such as Musk, rose more than 500% according to a Forbes report.
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