Hurun Global Rich List 2020: Amazon's Bezos retains top spot, Mukesh Ambani richest in Asia

Hurun Global Rich List 2020: Amazon's Bezos retains top spot, Mukesh Ambani richest in Asia

Mukesh Ambani improved his position by one slot to become 8th richest person in the world with a net worth of $66 billion

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Hurun's report looked into wealth changes of the world's most successful entrepreneurs in the four months ending 31 May 2020Hurun's report looked into wealth changes of the world's most successful entrepreneurs in the four months ending 31 May 2020
Chitranjan Kumar
  • Jun 23, 2020,
  • Updated Jun 23, 2020 10:32 PM IST

Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos is still the richest person in the world, thanks to surge in his wealth in four months since COVID-19 pandemic, according to a latest report by Hurun Research. With a net worth of $160 billion, Bezos, 56, retained the top spot as his wealth zoomed from $20 billion in four months since COVID-19 pandemic. He added $7 million every hour for the past four months, as per the special report titled "Wealth Impact 4 months after COVID-19 Outbreak". The report measured wealth changes in the four months ending May 31, 2020.

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Mukesh Ambani, Chairman of Reliance Industrial Limited (RIL), was the only Asian to feature in the Global Top 10 list. Ambani, 63, improved his position by one slot to become 8th richest person in the world as his "wealth bounce back $18 billion in last two months, after losing $19 billion in first two months after outbreak". The net worth of Mukesh Ambani fell by 1 per cent to $66 billion, despite stellar performance by his flagship company RIL whose share price hit record high in recent past.

Ambani saw a "V-shaped recovery" in his wealth, wherein the net worth fall in the first two months and recouped all the losses in the next two months, the report said.

Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos is still the richest person in the world, thanks to surge in his wealth in four months since COVID-19 pandemic, according to a latest report by Hurun Research. With a net worth of $160 billion, Bezos, 56, retained the top spot as his wealth zoomed from $20 billion in four months since COVID-19 pandemic. He added $7 million every hour for the past four months, as per the special report titled "Wealth Impact 4 months after COVID-19 Outbreak". The report measured wealth changes in the four months ending May 31, 2020.

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Mukesh Ambani, Chairman of Reliance Industrial Limited (RIL), was the only Asian to feature in the Global Top 10 list. Ambani, 63, improved his position by one slot to become 8th richest person in the world as his "wealth bounce back $18 billion in last two months, after losing $19 billion in first two months after outbreak". The net worth of Mukesh Ambani fell by 1 per cent to $66 billion, despite stellar performance by his flagship company RIL whose share price hit record high in recent past.

Ambani saw a "V-shaped recovery" in his wealth, wherein the net worth fall in the first two months and recouped all the losses in the next two months, the report said.

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