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Billionaires’ wealth rises to $10.2 trillion amid Covid crisis – The Guardian
Super-rich increase fortunes by more than a quarter during market turmoil
The worlds billionaires did extremely well during the coronavirus pandemic, growing their already-huge fortunes to a record high of $10.2tn (£7.8tn).
A report by Swiss bank UBS found that billionaires increased their wealth by more than a quarter (27.5%) at the height of the crisis from April to July, just as millions of people around the world lost their jobs or were struggling to get by on government schemes.
The report found that billionaires had mostly benefited from betting on the recover…
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