Coronavirus has helped US billionaires!
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US billionaires. Although many large companies have suffered losses since the outbreak, this process appears to have benefited billionaires. Between January 1 and April 10, 2020, Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, MacKenzie Bezos, Eric Yuan, Steve Ballmer, John Albert Sobrato, Joshua Harris, and Rocco Commisso each made a profit of over $ 1 billion.
According to studies by the Institute for Political Studies, US billionaires made a total of $ 282 billion in property during the outbreak of the coronavirus.
Outbreak targeted weak participants
The institute's statement states that the epidemic affects people with insufficient financial resources. "Between March 18 and April 10, 2020, more than 22 million people lost their jobs while the unemployment rate dropped to 15 percent. In the same three weeks, US billionaires' wealth increased by almost 10 percent." He scored one additional profit of $ 282 billion ".
Bezos earned $ 25 billion in about two weeks
In the news compiled by Webtekno, Amazon founder and richest person in the world, Jeff Bezos, sold over $ 4 billion to Amazon shares from January 31 to this date. Bezos, who earned $ 3.1 billion after the tax was released, said it had sold these shares to fund the other company Blue Origin, but its sales activity was much higher than in previous years.
Jeff Bezos earned $ 25 billion from January 1 to April 15. This wealth is greater than the gross product of $ 23.9 billion in Honduras, a country of 9.5 million people.
In total, Bezos sold 2 million Amazon shares. The company's founder still has 55.55 million shares on Amazon. Forbes currently estimates Bezos' net worth at $ 126.9 billion. This fortune is $ 14.5 billion more than the fortune of Bill Gates, the second richest name after Jeff Bezos.