The Pretoria native is having an excellent pandemic much like his ber-rich peers. <\/p>\n
Covid-19 has plunged millions of people back into extreme poverty.<\/p>\n
The worlds richest people, however, are having a great pandemic.<\/p>\n
Jeff Bezos +R1.3 trillion ($73 billion)<\/p>\n
Elon Musk +R1.1 trillion ($67 billion)<\/p>\n
Mark Zuckerberg +R786 billion ($46 billion)<\/p>\n
The United States 643 billionaires are collectively R14.5 trillion (US$845 billion) richer today than in March.<\/p>\n
However, inequality is rife, even among billionaires.<\/p>\n
Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg the top three gainers took about 16% of the spoils, leaving the rest to the remaining 640 billionaires.<\/p>\n
Musk is now worth about R1.6 trillion ($93,7 billion) making him, by far, the wealthiest person ever to be born and raised in Africa.<\/p>\n
He continues to hold South African citizenship, along with being a citizen of the USA and Canada.<\/p>\n
Click here for the data in the table above and for all billionaires (courtesy of Americans for Tax Fairness).<\/p>\n
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