The pandemic of capitalist profiteers
By Editor posted on December 14, 2020
There is a new term to describe the super-rich: “centi-billionaires.” They are individuals whose net worth comes to over $100 billion.
Having added $67.2 billion to his net worth in 2020, Amazon owner Jeff Bezos tops the list of global centi-billionaires: $182.2 billion as of Dec. 13, according to the Forbes website. Next in line, Tesla founder Elon Musk’s net worth of $147 billion represents an increase of over $100 billion to his wealth since 2019.
Both Microsoft founder Bill Gates – net worth of $118.3 billion – and Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg – net worth of $101.8 billion saw income gains of over $10 billion each in 2020.