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The global economy is in crisis due to the crown pandemic, but business is not bad for everyone. Quite the contrary: Jeff Bezos (56), the head of Internet shopping giant Amazon and by far the richest man in the world, will be significantly richer again in late 2020 than he is now. Due to global blockages in particular, internet sales exploded.
Bezos’ wealth is currently estimated at 143 billion, an increase of more than 28 billion in one year. On average, according to comparative agency Comparisun, Bezos’ assets grew 34 percent in each of the past five years. Bezos became the first person with $ 100 billion in the account in 2017. And now Comparisun estimates that the Amazon boss will break the next border in the near future: unless he interferes, he will be the first dollar billionaire in history. in 2026.
The Chinese come later
Three Chinese will likely follow: 2027 real estate mogul Xu Jiayin (61), 2030 e-commerce entrepreneur Jack Ma (55), and 2033 mobile and media mogul Ma Huateng (48). Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg (35) will eventually join the billionaires club, but not until 2036. After all, he’s only 51 years old, making him a billionaire younger than Bezos.
For businesses, the $ 1 trillion mark has already been exceeded: by Apple, Microsoft, Google and three months ago by Amazon. The history of these companies also shows that long-term forecasts are risky. After all, both Apple and Google faced bankruptcy in 1997 and 2002, respectively.
Amazon is heavily criticized
Also, 2020 is not going well for Amazon, either: On May 1, many of its employees went on strike because they discovered they were not adequately protected against Corona at their workplaces. Bezos’ deputy Tim Bray even left the company in protest at the expulsion of managers who had criticized the mistreatment of the Amazon Büezer. Jeff Bezos can’t ignore all this if he doesn’t want to risk getting involved in politics at some point.
And finally, the upcoming divorce could delay Bezos again. After all, he had to give up his ex-wife MacKenzie Bezos $ 38 billion in 2019. But what is it, compared to his 1 billion in six years? (law)
