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Billionaire wealth reaches new high during Covid-19 pandemic: UBS report

The pandemic accelerated a trend of technology and healthcare entrepreneurs, and other business innovators, pulling ahead of their ultra-rich peers

Jeff Bezos's wealth soars to record $171.6 billion: Billionaires Index

Shares of the retailer surged 4.4 per cent to a record $2,878.70, boosting the founder's world-leading fortune to $171.6 billion.

Bezos among biggest losers as coronavirus robs world's richest of $444 bn

The drubbing more than erased the $78 billion in gains that the 500 wealthiest people had amassed since the start of the year through last week, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index

Relaxo's Dua to PI's Singhal, 2019 billionaire club has 10 new entrants

10 promoters entered the billionaire list in 2019; Anil Ambani, Subhash Chandra among big names who left the club

Wealth of global billionaires fell in 2018 for first time in three years

Excessive wealth has become an increasingly contentious issue globally, with some US presidential candidates making it central to their campaigns

China minted 2 new billionaires a week on average in 2017: UBS-PwC report

Billionaires' wealth enjoyed its 'greatest-ever' increase in 2017, rising 19% to $8.9 trillion