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The wealth of the 10 richest people in the world – a list dominated by US tech billionaires – increased by a record amount after Donald Trump’s victory in the presidential election, according to a widely cited index.

The Bloomberg Billionaires Index estimated that the world’s 10 wealthiest people gained nearly $64bn (about £49.5bn) on Wednesday, the largest daily increase since the index began in 2012.

Elon Musk, the world’s richest person, registered the largest increase with a $26.5bn addition to his fortune, which now stands at $290bn. The prominent backer of Trump’s 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.

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[-] assaultpotato@sh.itjust.works 109 points 14 hours ago

Guy making $8/hr: the economy is better now

[-] maplebar@lemmy.world 17 points 12 hours ago

Any day now eggs will go back to costing what they did in 1992...

[-] nolannice@lemmy.world 6 points 8 hours ago

I agree with this take. It's like people have the grocery prices from when they first started living on their own seared into their brains.

[-] overload@sopuli.xyz 1 points 6 hours ago

Don't call me out like that..

[-] affiliate@lemmy.world 2 points 7 hours ago

what was that? like $4?

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