In the list of the 400 richest Americans, drawn up by Forbes magazine, eighteen new names appeared on Tuesday. And some owe that to the corona crisis. Jeff Bezos, whose Amazon online store has also had the wind in its sails in recent months, remains by far the richest.
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Among the newcomers there is Eric Yuan, the CEO of Zoom. Online meeting software became very popular among teleworkers during the corona crisis. The stock rose more than 400 percent on Wall Street since the beginning of this year. Yuan and his family have a net worth of $ 11 billion, according to Forbes.
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Still new to the list Alice Schwartz ($ 2.2 billion), a lady in her 90s who helped found Bio-Rad Laboratories nearly 70 years ago. The biotech company, which produces corona tests, among other things, has seen strong growth since the start of the corona pandemic.
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Another new name is that of Nikola CEO Trevor Milton ($ 3.3 billion). The start-up announced on Tuesday a collaboration with the American car group General Motors (GM), among other things to make the fully electric pick-up truck Nikola Badger.
Bezos number 1 for the third year in a row
The list of richest Americans is led by Amazon boss for the third year in a row Jeff Bezos, with an estimated net worth of $ 179 billion. Amazon was also able to benefit from corona measures such as store closures, which resulted in many people ordering products online. A year ago, Bezos’s fortune was estimated at $ 114 billion. Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates ($ 111 billion) and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg ($ 85 billion) follow well behind Bezos.
Despite the corona crisis and the economic crisis in the United States, the fortunes of the 400 richest Americans have continued to grow. Forbes estimates that at a total of $ 3,200 billion, 8 percent more than a year ago. To make it to the list, a net worth of at least $ 2.1 billion is needed.
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