The richest man in the world, Jeff Bezos, has seen his fortune increased by 13,000 million dollars this Monday, which is a record of profits in a single day for a person since the creation of the Bloomberg Billionaires Index in 2012.
The sum is the result of a 7.9% increase in shares of Amazon, the e-commerce company founded by Bezos in the 1990s, its highest appreciation since December 2018.
According to Bloomberg, the 56-year-old billionaire’s fortune has jumped from $ 74 billion to $ 189.3 billion in 2020, due to increased online shopping during the pandemic, and despite the US facing the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression.
Now, the Bezos company has more values in the market than large corporations such as Exxon Mobil Corp., Nike Inc. and McDonald’s Corp. Likewise, its exposé, Mackenzie Bezos, earned $ 4.6 billion during this day, becoming the thirteenth. richest person in the world.
A recent report noted that a number of tycoons have benefited this year from the market situation following the coronavirus outbreak. In fact, Bezos’ fortune grew 58%, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg grew 62% richer, while Elon Musk nearly tripled his fortune.
–
–
