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The wealth of the 10 richest people in the world ā a list dominated by US tech billionaires ā increased by a record amount after Donald Trumpās victory in the presidential election, according to a widely cited index.
The Bloomberg Billionaires Index estimated that the worldās 10 wealthiest people gained nearly $64bn (about Ā£49.5bn) on Wednesday, the largest daily increase since the index began in 2012.
Elon Musk, the worldās richest person, registered the largest increase with a $26.5bn addition to his fortune, which now stands at $290bn. The prominent backer of Trumpās campaign, benefited from a surge in the share price of Tesla, the electric carmaker where he is chief executive and in which he owns a 13% stake.
The gains came as tech business leaders, including Amazonās Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive of Facebook parent Meta, and Appleās Tim Cook publicly congratulated Trump on his election winā¦
Great. Itāll trickle down to me any day now!
thatās pee
Are you sure? Then what have I been using to buy NFTās?
Digital piss.
If you feed the sparrow, it will shit on the workers
Big if poo
I got my $244 worth of stock value increase, Iāll be a billionaire any day now.