Why did Jeff Bezos once again become the richest person in the world? | The State
Jeff Bezos’ fortune fell $ 1.4 billion on Friday.
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Jeff Bezos, director of Amazon, ended the week once again becoming the richest person in the world, with an estimated net bluff of $ 181.5 billion, although his fortune fell on Friday in $ 1.4 billion.
Tesla’s Elon Musk and Bezos have been shifting their places on Forbes’ billionaires list due to changes in the markets.
After the president-elect, Joe biden, released the details of a new stimulus project for coronavirus from $ 1.9 trillion, investors reacted to the possibility of a second impeachment trial of the president Donald trump in the Senate, which could delay the approval of the new stimulus bill for weeks, along with the possibility of a tax increase in the incoming administration.
On Friday the shares of Amazon fell less than 1 percent while Tesla’s closed 2 percent less, reason enough to place Bezos in front of Musk.
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In general terms, technology stocks are down, due to the presentation of the Biden stimulus bill. Financial indicators such as the Dow Jones index closed the week down 0.9% while the Nasdaq and the S&P 500 index ended down 1.5 percent respectively, as reported by the site. Yahoo! Finance.
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