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CALIFORNIA — The coronavirus has wreaked havoc on the U.S. economy, yet billionaires in California and across the globe are significantly wealthier than they were a year ago, according to this year's recently released Forbes World's Billionaires List.
The number of billionaires on Forbes' 35th annual list jumped to an unprecedented 2,755 people, 660 more than a year ago. Altogether, they are worth $13.1 trillion, up from $8 trillion in 2020.
Among those on the list, 86 percent are richer today than they were a year ago.
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The numbers will likely spark outrage, writes Forbes Chief Content Officer Randall Lane. "There's no getting around a collective $5 trillion wealth surge during a pandemic, when most of the world felt scared, sick, besieged," he wrote in a comprehensive essay titled "Operation Wealth Speed."