Since the beginning of 2020, the total wealth of the world's richest people has grown by $1,9 trillion. This is reported by Forbes.
"The total capital of more than 2200 billionaires, as of December 11, was estimated at 11,4 trillion dollars. Thus, it increased by 20% compared to the same period at the end of 2019," says the message.
It is noted that 2020 was the most profitable year for the head of SpaceX and Tesla, Elon Musk. In 12 months, due to the increase in the price of Tesla shares by 630%, the businessman's fortune increased by 110 billion dollars. Now he occupies the third place in the list of the richest people in the world with 137 billion dollars. At the end of November, according to Bloomberg estimates, Musk even came in second place on the list of billionaires.
Billionaires from the People's Republic of China became the leaders in terms of total growth. According to Forbes, in 2020 their total wealth increased by 750 billion dollars, reaching 2 trillion dollars.
