The wealth of the world's richest man Jeff Bezos surpassed $ 200 billion

 

The economic situation around the world is bad during Corona's time, but the American stock markets have steadily increased the personal wealth of the world's top rich people. The net worth of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, the world's richest man, crossed $ 200 billion on August 26, 2020.

 

In fact, on August 26, 2020, the company's shares reached record levels, which increased the net worth. Meanwhile, Elon Musk also joined the $ 100 billion club. Tesla Inc. shares rose Wednesday to $ 101 billion in net worth, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. Musk's assets grew by $ 73.6 billion this year while Bezos' wealth grew by $ 87.1 billion. Facebook Inc.'s Mark Zuckerberg's net worth crossed $ 100 billion this month. On Wednesday alone, it increased by $ 8.5 billion.

 

Bezos' ex-wife MacKenzie Scott has also, come close to becoming the world's richest woman in the US stock markets. Increasingly in the stock markets, apart from only American tech giants Mukesh Ambani, the richest person in India and Asia are also in the advantage. Last month, he joined the list of the 5 richest people in the world. The net increase in the shares of Reliance Industries Ltd. increased its net worth to $ 22.5 billion this year.

 

The wealth of the world's 500 richest people has increased by $ 809 billion, or 14 per cent so far this year, while the coronavirus epidemic has caused a steep decline in GDP and left millions unemployed.