32 US Billionaires Earned $59 Billion After Market Rally on Thursday—Highest One-Day Gain

Per CNBC

32 US billionaires earned a total of $59 billion after the recent market rally on Thursday.

Here are the top 5 earners:

  • Jeff Bezos, Amazon founder, earned $10.5 billion
  • Elon Musk, Tesla CEO, earned $9.6 billion
  • Steve Ballmer, Microsoft former CEO, earned $5.9 billion
  • Larry Page, Alphabet co-founder, earned $5.3 billion
  • Sergey Brin, Alphabet co-founder, earned $5.1 billion

Tech-focused Nasdaq 100 index ended at a 7.5% increase. The index is still off 29% year-to-date.