Words: Tom Ward
Covid has been good for the rich, with fortunes soaring – a fact confirmed by the latest Bloomberg Billionaires Index which this week confirmed Jeff Bezos as the world’s wealthiest person.
Bezos’ net worth now stands at a staggering $197.9 billion after frantic online shopping through his company Amazon during the Covid 19 lockdowns saw his fortune by $48 billion.
The Amazon mogul’s ever-expanding wealth perhaps comes as no surprise. What is notable, however, is that Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin have joined him in the fabled ranks of the uber-uber-(uber)-rich.
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