Several American billionaires have become richer during Donald Trump's rule. Who managed to significantly increase their fortune, says the editorial staff of the meta.ru portal.
In 2016, when Trump was first elected president, the combined wealth of the richest people in the United States was $ 2.9 trillion. But in four years, their combined capital has grown by almost a trillion dollars in total.
Let's analyze in order:
- Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos has more than $ 100 billion in wealth;
- Tesla CEO Elon Musk has increased his fortune by $ 79 billion over the past 4 years (on the day of the 2016 presidential election, Tesla's capitalization was $ 28 billion, and now it is $ 400 billion);
- the capital of Mark Zuckerberg, who founded the social network Facebook, increased by $ 44 billion.
In addition to the billionaires listed, some of the most successful businessmen who managed to make great money under Trump also include Bill Gates, Oracle founder Larry Ellison, founder of Quicken Loans mortgage bank Dan Gilbert, ex-Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, Rob, Jim and Alice Walton, who own the network supermarkets Walmart.
