The Super-Rich Boosted Their Wealth During the Epidemic

The Super-Rich Boosted Their Wealth During the Epidemic The super-rich boosted their wealth during the epidemic. The dollar billionaires' fortune is $ 10.2 trillion. Switzerland-based investment bank UBS and multinational consulting firm Pricewaterhouse Coopers (PwC) announced the "2020 Wealth Report". According to the report, at the end of July 2020, the wealth of approximately 2 thousand 200 richest people in the world broke a record with 10.2 trillion. In the previous record announced in 2017, the wealth in question was announced as $ 8.9 trillion. In this year's report, the increase in securities prices was shown as the most important reason for the increase. In the mentioned period, the number of dollar billionaires increased from 2 thousand 158 to 2 thousand 189. According to the report in question, dollar billionaires increased their wealth by 27.5 percent between April and July this year. In the report, it was stated that the fortunes of billionaires in each sector increased by double digits in the April-July period, and that the increase in the wealth of billionaires in technology, healthcare and manufacturing sectors was around 40 percent. From 2018 to July 2020, it was noted that technology billionaires increased their wealth by 42.5 percent to 1.8 trillion dollars, and the billionaires operating in the health sector increased their wealth by %50.3 to approximately $ 259 billion during this period. While one third of the said wealth belongs to the USA, China and Germany followed the USA.