Mark Zuckerberg Is World’s 3rd Richest Man, Adding $30 Billion In Last 2 Months

The COVID-19 pandemic has spared no one. From people to businesses to nations, the disease has wreaked havoc on everything.?

However, in these dark times, some people have managed to actually make quite a lot of money. No we aren't talking about Mukesh Ambani here.

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We’ve already heard how Jeff Bezos has managed to retain its status of world’s richest man. However, now, next in line is none other than Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

Bloomberg Billionaires Index has revealed that Zuckerberg has managed to add $30 billion dollars to its wealth in the last two months. His estimated wealth rose of $57.5 billion all the way up to $87.5 billion (as of May 21, 2020). This has made the Facebook founder the third richest man in the world, pushing Warren Buffet to the fourth spot.

Zuckerberg and his properties have surely seemed to be on a roll. CNBC’s recent report revealed that Facebook’s share prices skyrocketed to $230.75 right after it announced its online shopping platform dubbed ‘Shops.’

It has been on its toes to introduce Messenger Rooms to compete with the likes of Zoom, Google Meet to allow its users to communicate with each other in large groups of up to 50 people, seamlessly.?

Zuckerberg has also proactively made sure to take care of its employees from the moment COVID-19 pandemic took tighter grasp in countries like US and across the world, asking all of its workforce to work from home for the whole year, while also offering bonuses and perks to help make the transition for the employees easier.

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Recently, he was in an interview with The Verge where he spoke about how this has impacted his employees, stating, “The thing that’s been positively surprising to people is that people are more productive working at home than people would have expected. Some people thought that everything was just going to fall apart, and it hasn’t. And a lot of people are actually saying that they’re more productive now.”

He added, “I definitely think this is the longest stretch that I have worked remotely. It’s also been more productive than I thought it was going to be.”