As the world battles with the coronavirus, a lot of companies have shut down and many people have lost their jobs, but some billionaires have been smiling to the bank as their fortunes continue to grow.
Courtesy of Forbes, Legit.ng brings you 10 billionaires whose fortunes grew by $53.4 billion (N20,489,270,000,000) last week.
Jeff Bezos was the biggest gainer last week. The founder and CEO of Tesla grew his net worth by $15 billion.
Below is the list of 10 billionaires who got $53 billion richer last week.
Elon Musk
The Tesla founder and CEO is worth $91.7 billion. Musk, who is from the United States, got $15 billion richer last week.
Dan Gilbert
He is worth $53.5 after getting $13 billion richer last week. Gilbert, who is from the United States got his wealth from Quicken Loans.
3. Jeff Bezos
The Amazon CEO is the world’s richest man and he is worth $196.3 billion. He got $7.6 billion richer last week.
4. Larry Page
His source of wealth is Google and he is worth $70.2 billion after adding $2.8 billion to his wealth last week.
5. Richard Qiangdong Liu
His net worth is $16.2 billion. Qiangdong, whose source of wealth is E-Commerce, got $2.7 billion richer last week.
6. Sergey Brin
His source of wealth is Google and he is worth $68.3 billion. Brin, who is from the United States, had $2.7 billion added to his fortune last week.
7. Mackenzie Scott
She is Jeff Bezos’ ex-wife and she is worth $62.2 billion. She got $2.6 billion richer last week.
8. Lei Jun
The founder and CEO of Xiaomi is worth $17.2 billion. He got $2.6 billion richer last week.
9. Larry Ellison
He is worth $73.5 billion after adding $2.3 billion to his wealth last week.
10. Mark Zuckerberg
He got $2.1 billion richer last week and he is worth $98.1 billion