Billionaires became $5 trillion richer during the pandemic: Forbes

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Nearly 500 new billionaires joined the ranks of Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk last year as the world's richest became $5 trillion richer

on Tuesday. Forbes found that the world's wealthiest people, many of whom are recognizable as the top names in the business world, are $5 trillion richer than they were one year ago. , Amazon's CEO, saw his fortune grow from $113 billion in 2020 to $177 billion in 2021, the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, saw his net worth rise from $24.

In the case of Bezos, for example, skyrocketing demand for Amazon's goods and services during the pandemic fueled his wealth gains; for Musk, Tesla's soaring stock price boosted his fortune to new heights, allowing him toThere were also 493 new billionaires forged in the last year, a new one every 17 hours on average, Forbes found. In total, Forbes' list includes 2,755 billionaires.

These staggering jumps in wealth for the world's richest came amid a period of economic uncertainty and job losses for millions of people. Between March 2020 and February 2021,

 

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In coronavirus period time while some part of the world are living in poverty and anger

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