Amongst these new billionaires were 40 people who became new billionaires practically overnight solely from covid.
The wealth of the 10 richest people increased by $413 billion last year, enough to cover the entire UN humanitarian appeal for 2021 more than 11 times over.
At the same time, hundreds of billionaires fell from the ranks of Forbes' World's Billionaires list.
Top Ten Covid Billionaires 2021 The Forbes' article lists the top 40 covid billionaires.
In 2022, her net worth increased to US$2.5 billion and increased again in 2023 to US$2.7 billion.
There are many others who profiteered from covid but they were either not new billionaires or their enrichment was only partly directly from covid profits.
Altogether, the world's billionaires are now worth $12.2 trillion, a drop of $500 billion from $12.7 trillion in March 2022.
https://expose-news.com/2023/08/16/the-people-who-became-covid-billionaires/
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