The COVID-19 pandemic triggered an economic crisis on a scale not noticed since the Great Depression. In the early months of the pandemic, when local businesses across the country closed, tens of millions of Americans lost their jobs. Today, more than six months. Later, more than 11 million Americans remain unemployed and many outlets and restaurants will never reopen. Here’s a look at some of the U. S. corporations that might not do it with the coronavirus.
However, the recession triggered by the new coronavirus meant an economic crisis for everyone; in fact, in the months after the virus arrived in the United States, many of the country’s wealthiest citizens benefited enormously during an era of about seven months. Starting in mid-March, a week after President Donald Trump declared a national emergency, the 614 American billionaires increased their net worth by $ 931 billion.
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Using Data from Forbes, Wall St. 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, he met American billionaires who received the rich COVID-19. We ranked the 30 billionaires whose financial wealth was the maximum between March 18, 2020 and October 13, 2020. We note only the net worth adjustments, for U. S. citizens considered billionaires as of April 7, 2020.
The vast majority of people on this list are high-level executives or founders and investors of publicly traded corporations, and much of their wealth is invested in the company to which they are associated. And as long as the US economy is in the middle of the world, it is not a major economy. But it’s not the first time It faces its worst economic and economic situation. During physical fitness crises in more than a century, the stock market has behaved well. Since the stock market collapse on the stock market in mid-March, the Dow Jones industrial average has risen, with more than 50% appreciated in mid-October, even reaching new highs. a look at comparing coVID’s inventory market collapse with others in history.
In particular, many of the billionaires on this list are related to generation corporations, and many of those corporations have been a success in the pandemic. The high-tech NASDAQ composite index has grown even faster than the Dow in recent months, expanding through approximately 66% from mid-March to mid-October, and generating billions of dollars for major shareholders.
30. Lin Bin
Expansion of pandemic wealth: $4. 7 billion (133. 6%)
Is. Net March 18, 2020: $3. 5 billion
Is. Net October 13, 2020: $8. 2 billion
Industry: technology
Since mid-March, when the new coronavirus began to wreak havoc on both public health and the US economy, it has been able to wreak havoc on both public health and the US economy. U. S. , technology billionaire Lin Bin has earned about $4. 7 billion, more than double his net worth. Xiaomi Before founding the company in 2010, Lin worked at Microsoft and Google. Xiaomi was made public in 2018 and its percentage of value doubled the pandemic.
Although he was born in Guangzhou, China and recently lives in Beijing, Lin is an American citizen.
29th Leonard Lauder
Expansion of pandemic wealth: $5. 3 billion (36. 3%)
Is. Net March 18, 2020: $14. 6 billion
Is. Net October 13, 2020: $19. 9 billion
Industry: and retail
Leonard Lauder is worth about $19. 9 billion, enough to make it one of the 30 richest Americans. More than a third of Lauder’s $5. 3 billion wealth was generated by the COVID-19 pandemic. decades before resigning in 1999. Lately he is president emeritus of the company. A publicly traded company, Estee Lauder exceeded profit estimates in the third quarter of 2020 and its percentage value rose more than 50% with the pandemic, and Lauder is a major shareholder.
Like many billionaires on this list, Lauder is a philanthropist and has donated millions for Alzheimer’s research.
28. Jay Chaudhry
Expansion of pandemic wealth: $6 billion (213. 9%)
Is. Net March 18, 2020: $2. 8 billion
Is. Net October 13, 2020: $8. 8 billion
Industry: technology
Jay Chaudhry is the founder and CEO of Zscaler, a California-based cybersecurity company listed on the stock exchange. Zscaler’s percentage value more than tripled from mid-March to mid-October, and Chaundhry and his circle of relatives own 45% of the company. The value also tripled in the same period, from $2. 8 billion to $8. 8 billion.
Although born in Indiana, Chaudhry now lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.
27. David Duffield
Pandemic wealth expansion: $ 6. 0 billion (80. 6%)
Is. Net March 18, 2020: $7. 5 billion
Is. Net October 13, 2020: $13. 5 billion
Industry: technology
David Duffield is one of the sellers of many generations on this list. Working as a software engineer at IBM early in his career, Duffield discovered PeopleSoft, a monetary and human resources software company, which Oracle bought for nearly $11 billion per decade Duffield discovered WorkDay, the human resources and finance software company, which went public in 2012. The percentage value of WorkDay doubled from 18 March to 13 October, and Duffield owns 23% of the company.
During the recent six-month period, whose Net Value of Duffield was highest at $6. 0 billion, he donated $5 million to begin a scholarship program for engineering students at his alma mater, Cornell University.
26. Charles Koch
Expansion of pandemic wealth: $6. 7 billion (equal) (17. 6%)
Is. Net March 18, 2020: $38. 2 billion
Is. Net October 13, 2020: $44. 9 billion
Industry: diversified
Most of the billionaires on this list expanded their wealth with the COVID-19 pandemic through the appreciation of the shares of the publicly traded corporations with which they are associated. Charles Koch is an exception. Koch is the president and CEO of Koch Industries, one of the largest personal corporations in the United States. Koch holds a 42% stake in the diversified company, which generates $110 billion in annual profits from its chemical and pipeline businesses.
Georgia-Pacific, a subsidiary of Koch Industries, one of the largest paper manufacturers in the country, allegedly increased its production capacity to meet customer demands in the early days of the pandemic.
25. Julia and David Koch
Expansion of pandemic wealth: $6. 7 billion (equal) (17. 6%)
Is. Net March 18, 2020: $38. 2 billion
• It is. value; October 13, 2020: $44. 9 billion
Industry: diversified
Julia Koch is the widow of the late David Koch, who died in August 2019 When David Koch died, his wife, along with his children, inherited billions of dollars and a 42% stake in Koch Industries, a company that is also owned by Componente. through David’s brother, Charles Koch.
One of the richest women in the world, Julia Koch is estimated at approximately $45 billion, and 17. 6% of this wealth was generated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Koch is one of only three women on this list.
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Expansion of pandemic wealth: $6. 9 billion (14. 4%)
Is. Net March 18, 2020: $48 billion
• It is. value; October 13, 2020: $54. 9 billion
Industry: Media and entertainment
Michael Bloomberg’s net worth has increased by nearly $7 billion since the start of the pandemic in mid-March to succeed at $54. 9 billion. Bloomberg became the 14th richest user in the world in October.
Bloomberg has extracted much of its wealth from its Bloomberg LP media monetary and corporate reports, and would own 88% of the corporation. The corporate market uses the Bloomberg Terminal system, which allows users to access money market information, and produces the 24-hour cable news channel, Bloomberg TV. Active in politics, Bloomberg served as mayor of New York for 12 years and ran for the Democratic presidential nomination. before surrendering in March.
23. Dustin Moskovitz
Expansion of pandemic wealth: $7. 5 billion (80. 7%)
Es. Net March 18, 2020: $ 9. 3 billion
Is. Net October 13, 2020: $16. 8 billion
Industry: technology
Dustin Moskovitz helped launch Facebook and still owns about 2% of the company, representing most of its fortune, has not worked on Facebook since 2008.
Facebook’s inventory fell below $147 consistent with a steady percentage in mid-March because the inventory market struggled, but has since recovered. As of October 13, Facebook’s inventory value more than $276 consistent with a constant percentage. As a result, Moskovitz’s estimated net worth increased from more than 80% to $16. 8 billion in October.
22 Jack Dorsey
Expansion of pandemic wealth: $7. 8 billion (298. 3%)
Is. Net March 18, 2020: $2. 6 billion
Is. Net October 13, 2020: $10. 4 billion
Industry: technology
Jack Dorsey is co-founder and CEO of Twitter, a social media platform, and Square, an online payment platform. Dorsey is worth about $10. 4 billion, three-quarters of which accumulated the COVID-19 pandemic. Dorsey has a combined salary of less than $5 between his two control positions. However, it has 74. 5% of Square’s non-unusual Class B percentages and, from mid-March to mid-October, Square’s percentage value nearly quadrupled.
In April 2020, Dorsey pledged to sell $1 billion in assets to Square to charitable causes, adding relief to COVID-19.
21. Pierre Omidyar
Expansion of pandemic wealth: $7. 8 billion (71. 3%)
Is. Net March 18, 2020: $11 billion
Is. Net October 13, 2020: $18. 8 billion
Industry: technology
Pierre Omidyar has added $7. 8 billion over the pandemic, According to Forbes estimates. Omidyar founded eBay in 1995 and is still on the company’s board of directors. It owns 5% of this company and 6% of PayPal as well.
Like many other companies, eBay and PayPal percentage values fell at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, before rebounding in the following months. In mid-March, eBay’s constant percentage value fell below $30 consistent with the consistent percentage, but increased to more than $57 consistent with the percentage in October. In March, PayPal’s consistent percentages fell to $85 consistent with the consistent percentage – its lowest value in more than a year – before climbing to a $213 record in October.
20. Huang Jensen
Expansion of pandemic wealth: $8. 8 billion (187. 3%)
Is. Net March 18, 2020: $4. 7 billion
Is. Net October 13, 2020: $13. 5 billion
Industry: technology
Jensen Huang is the founder and CEO of NVIDIA, a PC graphics and synthetic intelligence company, and one of many generation marketing specialists on this list. NVIDIA has surpassed profit estimates over its last 4 quarters, and the company’s percentage value nearly tripled between mid-March and mid-October, Huang owns nearly 21. 5 million NVIDIA percentages, and its net worth also nearly tripled over the same period, from $4. 7 billion to $13. 5 billion.
19th Len Blavatnik
Expansion of pandemic wealth: $9. 1 billion (53. 4%)
• It is. value; March 18, 2020: $17 billion
Is. Net October 13, 2020: $26. 1 billion
Industry: diversified
Len Blavatnik was born in Ukraine under Soviet rule, but now holds British and American citizenship. Blavatnik made his initial fortune in Russia’s herbal resource industry and invested much of it in the United States and Britain. York-based advertising organization with stakes in the biotechnology, entertainment and real estate sectors, as well as the maximum Warner Music Group label. Through its advertising holdings, Blavatnik increased its net worth by $9. 1 billion for the COVID-19 pandemic.
18. Ernest García, II
Expansion of pandemic wealth: $11. 5 billion (479. 5%)
Es. Net March 18, 2020: $ 2. 4 billion
Is. Net October 13, 2020: $13. 9 billion
Industry: automotive
Ernest Garcia’s net worth in October 2020 was almost six times higher than in March. The largest percentage shareholder consisting of the Carvana online car sales platform, Garcia’s net worth fell first, and the company’s consistent percentages fell from its February peak of $110 consistent with a consistent percentage to less than $30 in March. At the same time as the inventory price, Garcia’s net worth increased from $5. 7 billion in October 2019 to less than a portion five months later.
But Carvana’s consistent percentage value recovered to new highs later in 2020, surpassing $200 consistent with the October-consistent percentage. With consistent percentage value, Garcia’s network also rose to $13. 9 billion.
17 by Jim Walton
Expansion of pandemic wealth: $13. 1 billion (23. 9%)
Is. Net March 18, 2020: $54. 6 billion
Is. Net October 13, 2020: $67. 7 billion
Industry: and retail
Jim Walton is the youngest son of Walmart founder Sam Walton and one of several of his heirs who jointly own a portion of Walmart’s percentages. From March 18 to October 13, Walmart’s percentage value appreciated by approximately 20%.
Jim Walton is also president of Arvest Bank, which has branches in 4 states. Its 44% stake in the monetary corporation also contributes to its estimated net worth of $67. 7 billion.
16th Rob Walton
Expansion of pandemic wealth: $13. 2 billion (24. 4%)
Is. Net March 18, 2020: $54. 1 billion
Is. Net October 13, 2020: $67. 3 billion
Industry: and retail
Rob Walton is the eldest son of the late Walmart founder, Sam Walton. Rob Walton took over the company when his father died in 1992. Although still on the board, Walton retired as chairman in 2015.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, when companies closed across the country to stop the spread of the virus, the business grew at Walmart. The company exceeded profit estimates over the past 3 quarters and hired about 400,000 more employees to meet growing demand. Walton’s net worth increased by $13. 2 billion from mid-March to mid-October 2020.
15th Alice Walton
Expansion of pandemic wealth: $13. 5 billion (24. 8%)
Es. Net March 18, 2020: $ 54. 4 billion
• It is. value; October 13, 2020: $67. 9 billion
Industry: and retail
Alice Walton is one of three heiresses to Walmart’s fortune and one of the three women on the list. Along with her brothers, Jim and Rob, Alice owns more than a portion of Walmart’s percentages. Between mid-March and mid-October, Walmart’s percentage value rose by about 20%, about in line with Walton’s net worth increase, estimated at $67. 9 billion in October.
While her brothers worked at Walmart in office, Alice Walton chose another path: Walton opened an American art museum in Bentonville, Arkansas, which also houses Walmart’s headquarters, and also owned ranches in Texas where she raised horses.
14th Warren Buffett
Expansion of pandemic wealth: $13. 6 billion (20. 1%)
Is. Net March 18, 2020: $67. 5 billion
Es. Net Oct 13, 2020: $ 81. 1 billion
• Industry: Finance and Investments
The net worth of prominent Berkshire Hathaway investor and CEO Warren Buffett exceeds $13 billion for the COVID-19 pandemic. With an estimated net worth of more than $81 billion in October, Buffet is the fourth richest user in the world.
Like many other corporations, Berkshire Hathaway’s consistent percentage value fell in March to $240,000 consistent with the consistent percentage, but has since returned to its previous levels of more than $300,000 consistent with the October-consistent percentage. Buffett advises investors to think about the long-term indexed budget. and keep American corporations even in a volatile environment.
13th Michael Dell
Expansion of pandemic wealth: $16. 2 billion (70. 7%)
Is. Net March 18, 2020: $22. 9 billion
Is. Net October 13, 2020: $39. 1 billion
Industry: technology
Michael Dell founded the non-public computer company Dell Inc. , originally known as PCs Limited when it was founded in 1984, Dell Inc. in 2016 it merged with PC Garage EMC to shape Dell Technologies. Dell is the CEO of the COMPANY and owns almost a portion of the company’s exceptional non-unusual shares.
Between mid-March and mid-October, Dell Technologies’ percentage value appreciated by 144%. Much of Dell’s fortune is at MSD Capital, a equity company founded in 1998, particularly to manage Dell’s non-public equity. hotels and restaurants.
12. Eric Yuan
Expansion of pandemic wealth: $16. 8 billion (304. 8%)
Is. Net March 18, 2020: $5. 5 billion
Is. Net October 13, 2020: $22. 3 billion
Industry: technology
Few companies have benefited from both the COVID-19 pandemic and Zoom, Eric Yuan’s video communications company. While businesses and schools began operating online to curb the spread of COVID-19, many used Zoom to communicate, dramatically expanding the price of COVID-19. Company.
The company, which went on the stock exchange in April 2019, had a consistent percentage value of less than $70 consistent with a consistent percentage at the end of the year. In October, the consistent percentage value peaked at $559 consistent with the consistent percentage. Net yuan value of $22. 3 billion in October 2020, more than 4 times higher than March.
11 Sergey Brin
Expansion of pandemic wealth: $19 billion (38. 8%)
Is. Net March 18, 2020: $49. 1 billion
Is. Net October 13, 2020: $68. 1 billion
Industry: technology
Sergey Brin co-founded Google and its parent company Alphabet and ranks among the 10 richest people in the world after its net worth rose to $19 billion amid the pandemic. Percentages consistent with Alphabet fell below $1,100 in March before to more than $1,600 consistent with percentage in October.
The company has diversified generation assets, adding its Google search engine, Chrome Internet browser, YouTube, Android cellular operating formula and Google AdSense, a targeted online advertising platform.
10th Larry Page
Expansion of pandemic wealth: $19. 1 billion (37. 6%)
Is. Net March 18, 2020: $50. 9 billion
Is. Net October 13, 2020: $70 billion
Industry: technology
Like his partner, Alphabet co-founder Sergey Brin, Larry Page’s net cost has a much higher net cost through approximately $19 billion of the pandemic. At an estimated cost of $70 billion, Page is one of the 10 richest people on the planet. other generation companies now have a higher inventory cost than at any time before the pandemic.
Page also one of the first investors at Tesla. The electric car manufacturer’s constant percentage value fell below $100 consistent with the constant percentage in March, before emerging to more than $400 consistent with the constant percentage in October.
Ninth Phil Knight
Expansion of pandemic wealth: $19. 6 billion (66. 5%)
• Is. Value; March 18, 2020: $ 29. 5 billion
Is. Net October 13, 2020: $49. 1 billion
Industry: and retail
Nike founder Phil Knight is worth more than $ 49 billion after his net worth rose more than 66% from the COVID-19 pandemic. Although the company experienced difficulties early in the pandemic, it placed more emphasis on direct sales to consumers after stores closed. Nike and other sportswear brands have done well, as more and more Americans paint from home and opt for more comfortable clothing over more professional clothing.
In April, Nike announced that it would use its production services to manufacture face shields and other devices for health workers.
Eighth bill gates
Expansion of pandemic wealth: $20 billion (20. 4%)
Is. Net March 18, 2020: $98 billion
• It is. value; October 13, 2020: $118 billion
Industry: technology
Bill Gates owns just over 1% of Microsoft after promoting or donating much of its stake in the company it co-founded; however, its net worth increased through approximately $20 billion in the pandemic, as it is invested in a number of other assets. The net worth of $118 billion makes you the richest user in the world right now.
Gates Charity, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, has committed $300 million to combat COVID-19 treatments, testing and vaccines.
Seventh Larry Ellison
Expansion of pandemic wealth: $21. 3 billion (36. 1%)
Is. Net as of March 18, 2020: $59 billion
Is. Net October 13, 2020: $80. 3 billion
Industry: technology
As more and more people paint remotely, cloud computing is an essential component of many companies. -founder and lead generation director of Larry Ellison, Larry Ellison’s net worth also jumped – to more than $80 billion. The communications company Zoom uses Oracle’s cloud infrastructure. value over $61 consistent with consistent percentage by mid-October.
Oracle also partnered with the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for the government firm to enroll volunteers for vaccine testing.
6th Steve Ballmer
Expansion of pandemic wealth: $22. 3 billion (42. 4%)
Is. Net March 18, 2020: $52. 7 billion
Is. Net October 13, 2020: $75 billion
Industry: technology
Former Microsoft CEO and Los Angeles Clippers owner Steve Ballmer now has $75 billion, up from $52. 7 billion net at the time of the pandemic.
Ballmer is Microsoft’s largest person consistent with the percentage shareholder after co-founder Bill Gates sold significant stakes in the company. Microsoft’s inventory value was approximately $140 consistent with the consistent percentage on March 18. Seven months later, it was valued at more than $220 consistent with the consistent percentage, a building up to more than 50%.
5. Scott MacKenzie
Expansion of pandemic wealth: $29. 7 billion (82. 6%)
Is. Net March 18, 2020: $36 billion
Is. Net October 13, 2020: $65. 7 billion
Industry: technology
Mackenzie Scott owns about 4% of Amazon, receiving the company’s percentage from a divorce settlement with founder Jeff Bezos in 2019.
Amazon’s consistent percentage value fell below $1700 consistent with the consistent percentage at the beginning of the pandemic, after reaching the $2,000 threshold consistent with consistent a month earlier. As more and more people turned to Amazon for e-commerce, grocery deliveries, and entertainment on Amazon Prime, the consistent percentage value skyrocketed. In mid-October, Amazon’s consistent percentages were worth more than $3400 consistent with the consistent percentage, more than double its lowest point in March.
4. Daniel Gilbert
Expansion of pandemic wealth: $42. 7 billion (656. 4%)
• It is. value; March 18, 2020: $6. 5 billion
Is. Net October 13, 2020: $49. 2 billion
Industry: Finance
Daniel Gilbert seven times richer in October than he was in March. No one else on this list has noticed that their wealth accumulates through a higher percentage. Gilbert’s wealth skyrocketed due to the IPO of his home loan company, Quicken Loans, in August as Rocket Companies The company went public with a valuation of $36 billion.
Under the aegis of Rocket Companies, Quicken Loans and Rocket Mortgage have the largest loan lender in the country.
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3. Mark Zuckerberg
Expansion of pandemic wealth: $46. 5 billion (85. 1%)
Is. Net March 18, 2020: $54. 7 billion
Is. Net October 13, 2020: $101. 2 billion
Industry: technology
Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, one of the 3 other people in the world with an estimated net worth of more than $100 billion in October. During the pandemic, the social media platform used through others to stay in touch under social estating protocols as well as articles and percentage videos about November’s U. S. presidential election.
Like almost all other publicly traded companies, Facebook’s constant percentage value fell dramatically when COVID-19 arrived, from more than $220 according to the steady percentage in February to less than $150 consistent with the steady percentage in March, but in May, Facebook’s inventory reached record levels and consistent percentages were more than $276 consistent with the consistent percentage in mid-October.
2. Elon Musk
Expansion of pandemic wealth: $68. 2 billion ($277. 4%)
Is. Net March 18, 2020: $24. 6 billion
Is. Net October 13, 2020: $92. 8 billion
Industry: automotive
Visionary and entrepreneur Elon Musk first enriched himself by promoting Zip2 corporate software and then co-founded PayPal. Now, much of his wealth comes from his $36 billion SpaceX rocket and exploration company and his stake in electric car manufacturer Tesla, of which he is CEO.
As demand for electric cars increased, Tesla’s steady percentage value increased. On March 18, Tesla’s inventory was worth $72 consistent with the steady percentage. As of October 13, it had a value of more than $440 consistent with a constant percentage and has exceeded $500 since then. Tesla’s functionality was so strong that the S
1. Jeff Bezos
• Growth in wealth by the pandemic: $90. 1 billion (79. 8%)
Es. Net March 18, 2020: $ 113 billion
Is. Net October 13, 2020: $203. 1 billion
Industry: technology
While others have avoided leaving amid the pandemic, many have also opted to shop online on the world’s largest e-commerce site, Amazon. The company’s founder and CEO, Jeff Bezos, has benefited greatly across the country. pandemic With its net worth doubling to almost $200 billion, Bezos is by far the richest user in the world.
As of the last quarter of 2020, Amazon’s year-on-year sales increased by 40%. The company noted that its online grocery delivery sales had tripled from last year. Amazon also offers the Internet through your AWS (Amazon Web Services) cloud computing. service, which has gained popularity as companies operate more and more online.
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