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According to Forbes magazine, Amazon boss Jeff Bezos is the richest American for the third year in a row. Bezos, who is also considered the richest person in the world, has a fortune of 179 billion dollars, the magazine reported Tuesday.
Microsoft founder Bill Gates and Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg remain second and third on the list of the 400 richest US citizens with assets of $ 111 and $ 85 billion respectively. Then the investor Warren Buffet with 73.5 billion moves among the representatives of the technology industry. Because in fifth place is the founder of Oracle, Larry Ellison, with 72 billion and in sixth place is the former head of Microsoft, Steve Ballmer.
Trump’s wealth is shrinking
While Amazon’s boss has likely benefited from the trend toward online shopping in the pandemic, the virus outbreak has affected US President Donald Trump’s business with office and hotel real estate: Trump’s assets fell $ 600 million to $ 2, according to Forbes. , $ 5 billion combined. Trump slipped from 275th place to 352nd.
“Forbes” said the magazine’s annual list could provide insight into the fate of those in power. For years, Trump has refused to reveal his tax documents, as is common practice among presidents. The losses of his company Trump Organization, estimated by “Forbes”, are an indication of the fortune of the president.
Crown no problem
Unlike Trump, according to Forbes, the crown crisis could not hurt the richest Americans overall: The fortunes of the 400 people on the list rose by 250 billion to a record $ 3.2 trillion.
New to the $ 11 billion list is Eric Yuan, CEO of Zoom Video Communications. The trend toward home offices during the pandemic gave the video conferencing platform a boom. (pbe / SDA)
