In 2020, world added 3 billionaires every two days, India added one every week
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Despite COVID-19, 2020 has seen the biggest wealth increase of the last decade
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Despite COVID-19, 2020 has seen the biggest wealth increase of the last decade
The world added 607 new billionaires or more than three billionaires in two days, while India added 55 new billionaires or one billionaire every week in 2020, despite the COVID-19 pandemic, as per the 10th Edition of Hurun Global Rich List 2021 released on Tuesday.
Tesla’s Elon Musk added $151 billion to become the richest man in the world for the first time with net worth of $197 billion, followed by Amazon’s Jeff Bezos with $189 billion in net worth, the Chairman and CEO of LVMH Moët Hennessy – Louis Vuitton Bernard Arnault ($114 billion), Microsoft’s Bill Gates ($110 billion) and Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg ($101 billion).
Reichtum der indischen Milliardäre stieg um 35% während der Covid-Pandemie
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Reichtum der indischen Milliardäre stieg um 35% während der Covid-Pandemie
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Updated Jan 07, 2021 | 13:11 IST
India now has 17 billionaire promoters in the healthcare and pharma space, up from 10 last year who cumulatively held Rs 4.35 lakh crore or $60 billion at the end of December 2020 Big billions! India minted 7 super-rich promoters (not techpreneurs) in pandemic year 2020 | Photo Credit: Twitter
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India saw the emergence of 7 new billionaire promoters in the healthcare and pharma space alone in calendar year 2020
Total wealth of these 17 billionaires surged by 61% or Rs 1.65 lk cr or $23 bn in 2020 on yearly basis
Mumbai: The year 2020 was indeed unprecedented in terms of sheer destruction caused due the pandemic and unprecedented loss of life. While doctors and healthcare workers were at the frontline battling the Covid-19 outbreak, the promoters in the pharmaceutical and healthcare space were being rewarded by investors and markets.