A report published by the Institute for Political Studies revealed that the fortunes of US billionaires, including Jeff Bezos, founder of the Amazon company, and Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook, have jumped by more than 19% or the equivalent of half a trillion dollars since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic in the country.
The report said that since March 18 and for 11 weeks when the isolation measures began in the United States, the wealth of the richest in the United States has increased by more than $ 565 billion, while 42.6 million workers have applied for unemployment benefits, according to Reuters.
"These statistics remind us that we are more economically and racially divided than at any time in decades," said Chuck Collins, a co-author of the report.
Over the course of 11 weeks, Bezos' fortune increased by about $ 36.2 billion, while Zuckerberg's wealth increased by $ 30.1 billion. Elon Musk's net worth, Tesla CEO, increased net worth by $ 14.1 billion.
The report also revealed that the fortunes of US billionaires have jumped 79 billion dollars over the past seven days.
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