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| Corona increases the wealth of some American billionaires |
The new report, published by the IPS Policy Research Institute, shows that during the emerging coronavirus (Covid-19) (COVID-19) founder, Amazon (Jeff Bezos) and president of Tesla (Elon Musk) lost millions of millionaires almost 10% as well.
The report pointed out that the increase in the wealth of American billionaires started when nearly 22 million Americans lost their jobs. Although the economy as a whole is facing recession, the percentage of companies that have increased their use in recent weeks, such as - zoom and video trading has increased the prosperity of the founders of these companies.
"It is a pandemic story that has paid a very different price," said one of the authors of the report (Chuck Collins). The report says that from January 1 to April 10 this year, the net worth of the country's 34 richest billionaires increased by tens of millions of dollars.
According to a report by the Policy Institute, eight of them, including Bezos and Zoom (Eric Yuan) founders, increased their net worth by one billion dollars.
Musk holds about 18.5% of Tesla shares and has risen more than 73% since the beginning of the year. Bezos holds about 15.1% of the shares in Amazon, but as people stay indoors, online orders on its platform are increasing. This year, Amazon's share has increased by almost 31%.
The report adds that the wealth of American billionaires has increased by 80.6% in the past ten years after deducting inflation.