Bloomberg: the fortune of the 500 richest people has grown by a record amount in a day

The combined wealth of the 500 richest people in the world has grown by a record $336 billion in one day. This was the biggest increase in billionaires' wealth in a day in history. The leader of the list, entrepreneur Elon Musk, added about 10%. All the details are in the Izvestia article.

Prerequisites for capital growth

The memorandum between Washington and Tehran was signed electronically on June 15. American Vice President Vance said on the same day that the Iranian-American memorandum was of a general nature. Its details will be finalized during the technical stage of negotiations, and the agreed text takes only one and a half pages.

Vance noted that the document includes clauses on the commitment of Tehran and Washington to respect the concluded peace, and also gives the American side the initiative and leverage. On the same day, US President Donald Trump announced that the waters of the Strait of Hormuz had been partially unblocked.

Trump said that the vessels, some of which carry oil, have already begun moving along the "safe and clean" southern route of the Strait of Hormuz.

The rise of Elon Musk's fortune

The fortune of entrepreneur Elon Musk increased by about 10% in a day amid the growth of global stock markets after reports of agreements reached between the United States and Iran. According to Bloomberg, by the close of trading on June 15, the total capital of the billionaire rating participants had reached a record $13.3 trillion. The leader of the list, Elon Musk, added $164 billion per day. Now his fortune is estimated at $1.27 trillion.

Earlier, on June 12, the Reuters news agency named Elon Musk the first dollar trillionaire in world history. It was noted that SpaceX, which forms the basis of Musk's business empire, raised a record $75 billion during its IPO on June 11. This highlights the high enthusiasm of investors towards the entrepreneur's projects.

In addition, the SpaceX space company went public and took the sixth place in terms of capitalization in the world. This contributed to a significant increase in Musk's wealth.

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How have the fortunes of other billionaires changed

Founder of Meta (recognized as extremist and banned in Russia) Mark Zuckerberg increased his fortune by $9.16 billion. Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison added $8.92 billion. Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin have become richer by $7.61 billion and $7.01 billion, respectively.

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has grown by $6.96 billion. The day before, the main American stock indexes showed steady growth. The Dow Jones index rose 0.92% and updated a historical record, while the Nasdaq jumped 3.07%.