The wealth of billionaires has increased by $900 billion in the last year. Meanwhile, the poorest half of the world saw its wealth decline by 11 percent. report, published Sunday, found that the wealth of billionaires has increased by $900 billion in the last year, or $2.5 billion a day. This bonanza has not been felt by the poorest half of the world, which saw its wealth decline by 11 percent. Reed Saxon/ASSOCIATED PRESS Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon, is the richest man in the world with his current wealth estimated at $137 billion.

Source: Huffington Post January 21, 2019 00:00 UTC