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Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg have added tens of billions of dollars to their net worth since the start of the Coronavirus Pandemic
Apple boss Tim Cook has joined the billionaire’s club after the coronavirus pandemic helped the technology giant’s share price hit record highs.
His new-found status comes just days after Mark Zuckerberg became the third member of the so-called “Centibillionaire Club” when his personal wealth rose to $100 billion (£76bn).
The Facebook co-founder follows Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates in reaching a 12-figure net worth, with the Amazon and Microsoft founders also seeing their fortunes rise considerably in recent months.
US tech billionaires now occupy seven places in the list of the top 10 wealthiest people in the world.
Top 10 richest people in the world
How the fortunes of the wealthiest people have changed since the start of the year.
1. Jeff Bezos (Amazon)
190b
75.3b
2. Bill Gates (Microsoft)
120b
7.3b
3. Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook)
100b
22.1b
4. Bernard Arnault
81.4b
−23.9b
5. Mukesh Ambani
80.3b
21.6b
6. Steve Ballmer (Microsoft)
77.7b
19.6b
7. Warren Buffett
77.5b
−11.7b
8. Larry Page (Google)
71.6b
7b
9. Elon Musk (Tesla/ SpaceX)
70.2b
42.7b
10. Sergey Brin (Google)
69.4b
6.7b
The wealth of Bezos in particular has shot up at an unprecedented rate, as lockdown orders around the world saw people turn to the online retailer for food and entertainment.
Since the start of the year he has increased his wealth by more than $75bn – more than the entire individual net worth of Google co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page.
Both Brin and Page, who are the eighth and 10th richest people in the world, also saw considerable gains of around 10 per cent of their total fortune since January.
The wealth gains of the world’s 10 richest people since the start of the year means that their combined fortune is equivalent to the combined GDP of more than 90 countries.
With a combined wealth of $938bn, the top 10 richest people now ranks in the top 20 countries globally in terms of GDP – ahead of the Netherlands and Saudi Arabia.
Bezos by himself would rank as the 54th wealthiest nation, just behind New Zealand and Qatar.
The combined wealth of the 100 richest people has also risen since the start of the year, and at $3.3 trillion is now more than the GDP of the UK. Only the US, China, Japan and Germany rank higher.
https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/features/coronavirus-wealth-bezos-zuckerberg-elon-musk-bill-gates-net-worth-a9660161.html
Apple boss Tim Cook has joined the billionaire’s club after the coronavirus pandemic helped the technology giant’s share price hit record highs.
His new-found status comes just days after Mark Zuckerberg became the third member of the so-called “Centibillionaire Club” when his personal wealth rose to $100 billion (£76bn).
The Facebook co-founder follows Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates in reaching a 12-figure net worth, with the Amazon and Microsoft founders also seeing their fortunes rise considerably in recent months.
US tech billionaires now occupy seven places in the list of the top 10 wealthiest people in the world.
Top 10 richest people in the world
How the fortunes of the wealthiest people have changed since the start of the year.
1. Jeff Bezos (Amazon)
190b
75.3b
2. Bill Gates (Microsoft)
120b
7.3b
3. Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook)
100b
22.1b
4. Bernard Arnault
81.4b
−23.9b
5. Mukesh Ambani
80.3b
21.6b
6. Steve Ballmer (Microsoft)
77.7b
19.6b
7. Warren Buffett
77.5b
−11.7b
8. Larry Page (Google)
71.6b
7b
9. Elon Musk (Tesla/ SpaceX)
70.2b
42.7b
10. Sergey Brin (Google)
69.4b
6.7b
The wealth of Bezos in particular has shot up at an unprecedented rate, as lockdown orders around the world saw people turn to the online retailer for food and entertainment.
Since the start of the year he has increased his wealth by more than $75bn – more than the entire individual net worth of Google co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page.
Both Brin and Page, who are the eighth and 10th richest people in the world, also saw considerable gains of around 10 per cent of their total fortune since January.
The wealth gains of the world’s 10 richest people since the start of the year means that their combined fortune is equivalent to the combined GDP of more than 90 countries.
With a combined wealth of $938bn, the top 10 richest people now ranks in the top 20 countries globally in terms of GDP – ahead of the Netherlands and Saudi Arabia.
Bezos by himself would rank as the 54th wealthiest nation, just behind New Zealand and Qatar.
The combined wealth of the 100 richest people has also risen since the start of the year, and at $3.3 trillion is now more than the GDP of the UK. Only the US, China, Japan and Germany rank higher.
https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/features/coronavirus-wealth-bezos-zuckerberg-elon-musk-bill-gates-net-worth-a9660161.html