World’s ten richest men have more than DOUBLED their fortunes from £500billion to £1.1TRILLION during Covid pandemic

Daily Mail UK

By RACHAEL BUNYAN FOR MAILONLINE and AFP and AP

PUBLISHED: 19:17 EST, 16 January 2022 | UPDATED: 15:18 EST, 17 January 2022

The world’s 10 wealthiest men doubled their fortunes during the first two years of the coronavirus pandemic as poverty and inequality soared, a report said on Monday.

Oxfam said the men’s wealth jumped from £500 billion ($700 billion) to £1.1 trillion ($1.5 trillion), at an average rate of £1 billion ($1.3 billion) per day, in a briefing published before a virtual mini-summit of world leaders being held under the auspices of the World Economic Forum. 

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