The total value of the wealth of the 400 richest Americans increased by eight percent year on year to a record $ 3.2 trillion (72 trillion crowns).
The richest Americans did well, although the covid-19 pandemic devastated the economy and caused more than 1.8 million Americans to lose their jobs. The first two dozen of the richest then account for 42 percent of the total amount of assets.
There are eighteen newcomers to the list. One of them is CEO of Zoom Video Communications Eric Yuan with assets of eleven billion dollars. Zoom has become almost ubiquitous when working from home. The youngest of the newcomers is Nikola Trevor Milton, a 38-year-old founder of an electric truck company.
Assets of the richest Americans as of July 24, 2020 according to the Forbes ranking.
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Trump dropped to 352nd place, while last year he was in 275th place. The value of his property has fallen by twenty percent, he writes Forbes, from last year’s $ 3.1 billion to $ 2.5 billion. For example, after deducting mortgages, his golf resort in Miami Doral is worth $ 28 million, eighty percent less than last year.
Forbes used the stock prices and exchange rates of July 24 to calculate the value of the assets. Amazon’s assets have risen 57 percent to $ 179 billion to date. Since then, however, it continues to grow and exceeded $ 200 billion at the end of August. At the same time, Bezos became the first person to cross this line.
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