05-22-2020, 11:18 PM
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TALE OF TWO CRISES:
BILLIONAIRES GAIN AS WORKERS FEEL PANDEMIC PAIN
Nation’s Billionaire’s See Net Worth Jump $434B in First Two Months of Pandemic
WASHINGTON—America’s billionaires flew far ahead financially even as the rest of America was locked down during the first two months of the coronavirus pandemic, a new report by Americans for Tax Fairness (ATF) and the Institute for Policy Studies – Program on Inequality (IPS) shows.
The top five U.S. billionaires—Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, Warren Buffett and Larry Ellison—saw their wealth grow by a total of $75.5 billion, or 19%. Together they captured 21% of the total wealth growth of all 600-plus billionaires in the last two months. The fortunes of
Bezos and Zuckerberg together grew by nearly $60 billion, or 14% of the $434 billion total. In March there were 614 billionaires on the Forbes list, and 630 two months later, including newcomer Kanye West at $1.3 billion.
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TALE OF TWO CRISES:
BILLIONAIRES GAIN AS WORKERS FEEL PANDEMIC PAIN
Nation’s Billionaire’s See Net Worth Jump $434B in First Two Months of Pandemic
WASHINGTON—America’s billionaires flew far ahead financially even as the rest of America was locked down during the first two months of the coronavirus pandemic, a new report by Americans for Tax Fairness (ATF) and the Institute for Policy Studies – Program on Inequality (IPS) shows.
The top five U.S. billionaires—Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, Warren Buffett and Larry Ellison—saw their wealth grow by a total of $75.5 billion, or 19%. Together they captured 21% of the total wealth growth of all 600-plus billionaires in the last two months. The fortunes of
Bezos and Zuckerberg together grew by nearly $60 billion, or 14% of the $434 billion total. In March there were 614 billionaires on the Forbes list, and 630 two months later, including newcomer Kanye West at $1.3 billion.
Download official report
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