Bezos, Amazon’s 56-year-old founder and the world’s richest person, has seen his fortune swell US$74bil (RM315.46bil) in 2020 to US$189.3bil (RM806.98bil), despite the US entering its worst economic downturn since the Great Depression. — AFP
Jeff Bezos added US$13bil (RM55.41bil) to his net worth on July 20, the largest single-day jump for an individual since the Bloomberg Billionaires Index was created in 2012.
Amazon.com Inc shares surged 7.9%, the most since December 2018 on rising optimism about web shopping trends, and are now up 73% this year.
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