PARIS, Jan 17 The world’s 10 wealthiest men doubled their fortunes during the first two years of the coronavirus pandemic as poverty and inequality soared, a report said today. Oxfam said the men’s wealth jumped from US$700 billion to US$1.5 trillion (RM2.92 trillion to RM6.26 trillion), at.
The world’s 10 richest raised their fortunes from $700 billion to $1.5 trillion – at a rate of $15,000 per second or $1.3 billion a day during the first two years of the COVID-19 crisis, according to a recent Oxfam report titled 'Inequality Kills'.
Oxfam said the men s wealth jumped from $700 billion to $1.5 trillion, at an average rate of $1.3 billion per day, in a briefing published before a virtual mini-summit of world leaders being held under the auspices of the World Economic Forum.