The world’s 10 richest people collectively earned record earnings of $64 billion after it was certified on Wednesday. victory of Republican Donald Trump in the US presidential election, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
The ranking, which tracks daily changes in the assets of the planet’s “super-rich,” reflects the fact that the CEO of Tesla and X benefited the most from Trump’s victory. Elon Muskwhose fortune rose from $26.5 billion to $29 billion on Wednesday.
Bloomberg notes that This is the “biggest daily gain” in wealth for the super-rich.
which has been confirmed since the development of the index began in 2012.In addition to Musk, an ardent supporter of Trump’s candidacy in recent months and a possible member of the tycoon’s next presidential cabinet, other names from the tech sector stand out on this list.
Jeff Bezosfounder of Amazon and the second richest person in the world, added $7 billion to his fortunenow approaching $230,000 million.
For my part, Larry Ellison, president of the software company Oracle, and also a recognized Trumpist: increased its assets by almost $10 billion, to $193 billion.
Former Microsoft executives also received reinforcements. Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer; former Google CEOs Larry Page and Sergey Brin, and Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett, who jumped on the wave despite not commenting on their preferred candidate during the campaign.
The only member of the global economic elite to lose money on Wednesday was a French luxury brand magnate. Bernard Arnault, whose fortune dropped by almost $3 billion.
In addition, the assets of Meta’s CEO, Mark Zuckerbergdecreased slightly by $81 million.although it is still worth $202 billion.
Trump even threatened to jail Zuckerberg in August life for allegedly plotting against him in the 2020 election.
These were percentage changes in the world’s largest fortunes According to Bloomberg, 24 hours after Trump was elected the 47th president of the United States.
1. Elon Musk – $290 billion (+10.1%)
2. Jeff Bezos – $228.3 billion (+3.2%)
3. Mark Zuckerberg – $202.5 billion (0%)
4. Larry Ellison – $193.5 billion (+5.4%)
5. Bernard Arnault $173.2 billion (-1.6%)
6. Bill Gates – $159.5 billion (+1.2%)
7. Larry Page – $158.3 billion (+3.6%)
8. Sergey Brin $149.1 billion (+3.6%)
9. Warren Buffett – $147.8 billion (+5.4%)
10. Steve Ballmer – $145.9 billion (+2%).
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