Tesla chief's fortune rose by $6.07 billion on Friday, following a 10.8% jump in the electric carmaker's stock, Bloomberg News reported.
According to the Bloomberg's Billionaires Index, daily ranking of the world's richest people, Jeff Bezos's wealth soars to record $171.6 billion
The wealth surge of America's richest men happened during a period marred by the coronavirus crisis, when as many as 22 million Americans filed for unemployment benefits
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China and the US occupied the first and second spot with 799 and 626 billionaires, respectively
Jeff Bezos was down almost $9 billion, but that drop is because of his divorce settlement with MacKenzie Bezos.
Richest 10 account for 41% of promoter wealth, up from 33% in December 2018
The executive holds an 8.4 per cent stake in the company and is worth $1 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. A company representative declined to comment on his net worth
Russell Gordy owns 239,000 acres from Texas to Wyoming
The book is a sequel to 'Capital in the 21st Century,' which has sold more than 2.5 million copies in 40 languages since 2013, according to its publisher
Number is down to 71 from all-time high of 90 at the end of March 2018
Mordashov, 53, made the bulk of his $19.8 billion fortune from steelmaker Severstal PJSC
More than 20 billionaires have been identified within European families in the past 12 months, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index
Egalitarian Sweden, an object of ardent progressive adoration, has more billionaires per capita than the United States
Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates and Peter Thiel are funneling cash into nuclear fusion projects.
Billionaires' wealth enjoyed its greatest-ever increase in 2017, rising 19 per cent to $8.9 trillion ($7.8 billion euros) shared among 2,158 individuals, says a UBS report
Their combined net worth is $1.08 trillion
With 1094 billionaires, Mumbai leads the country, followed by Delhi at a distant second with 545