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Meet the top 12 US billionaires who made $1 trillion in 4 years

Elon Musk's wealth jumped from $24b in March to $73b on August 13, 2020

Published: November 02, 2020 13:44 Jay Hilotin, Senior Assistant Editor

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200125 jeff bezos — 1. JEFF BEZOS ($189.4 billion): Bezos is an internet entrepreneur, industrialist, media proprietor, and investor. Best known as the founder, CEO, and president of Amazon. For the first time in US history, the top 12 US billionaires clocked up a combined wealth of over $1 trillion. The moment came on August 13, when these 12 held a combined $1.015 trillion. Image Credit: Reuters

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Bill Gates — 2. BILL GATES ($114 billion): business magnate, software developer, philanthropist. Best known as the co-founder of Microsoft Corp. Image Credit: NYT

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Facebook Chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg 20191018 — 3. MARK ZUCKERBERG ($96.7 billion): Media magnate, internet entrepreneur, and philanthropist. He serves as Facebook chairman, chief executive officer, and controlling shareholder. Image Credit: Reuters

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Warren Buffet — 4. WARREN BUFFET ($80 billion): Business tycoon, philanthropist, and the chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway investment house. He is considered one of the most successful investors in the world. Image Credit: AP Photo/Nati Harnik

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tab elon musk-1602574696238 — 5. ELON MUSK ($87 billion): Businessman, industrial designer, engineer and philanthropist. He is the founder, CEO, CTO and chief designer of SpaceX; early investor, CEO and product architect of Tesla electric vehicles; founder of The Boring Company; co-founder of Neuralink; and co-founder and initial co-chairman of OpenAI. Image Credit: REUTERS

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1.1208378-2797983279 — 6. STEVE BALMER ($71 billion). He is a businessman and investor who served as the chief executive officer of Microsoft from 2000 to 2014. He is the current owner of the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association. Image Credit: AP

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1.517168_63374495 — 6. LARRY ELLISON ($70.9b): Co-founder, the executive chairman and chief technology officer of Oracle Corp. Image Credit: AP

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Larry Page — 8. LARRY PAGE ($67.4 billion): Computer scientist and Internet entrepreneur, best known as one of the co-founders of Google along with Sergey Brin. Image Credit: Insta/larrypageofficial

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1.2163457-1562331608 — 9. SERGEY BRIN ($65.6b): Computer scientist and Internet entrepreneur. Together with Larry Page, he co-founded Google. Brin was the president of Google's parent company, Alphabet Inc., until stepping down from the role on December 3, 2019. Image Credit: AFP

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Alice Walton ($62.5b) — 10. ALICE LOUISE WALTON ($62.5 billion): Heiress to the fortune of Walmart, the world's largest retailer. Image Credit: File

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Jim Walton ($62.3 billion) — 11. JAMES CARR "JIM" WALTON ($62.3 billion): Heir to the fortune of Walmart. Image Credit: File

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Rob Walton ($62b) — 12. SAMUEL ROBSON "ROB" WALTON ($62b): Heir to the fortune of Walmart. Image Credit: Screengrab

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