It's Good To Be An Amazon CEO Like Jeff Bezos, You Can Get Rp.191.1 Trillion In A Day

CEO Amazon. Jeff Bezos. (Photo: Twitter @JeffBezos)

JAKARTA - Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is getting richer. How could he not, he managed to earn hundreds of trillions in just a day thanks to the jump in shares of one of the largest technology companies in the world.

Quoted from Bloomberg, Amazon shares flew 7.9 percent on Monday July 20. This is the biggest increase since December 2018, which is believed to be due to increased public optimism about online shopping trends.

Since the start of the year, Amazon's stock has flown 73 percent so far this year. As a result, Jeff Bezos' net worth increased by US $ 13 billion (Rp.191.1 trillion, at an exchange rate of Rp.14,700 per US dollar) on Monday.

By 2020, Bezos' fortune had swelled by $ 74 billion to $ 189.3 billion. He seemed unaffected by the economic downturn that was hitting the United States.

The richest man in the world now personally owns wealth that exceeds the market valuation of major world companies such as Exxon Mobil Corp, Nike Inc and McDonald's Corp.

And Jeff's wife, Mackenzie Bezos, who earned $ 4.6 billion (Rp.67.62 trillion) on Monday July 20. That achievement, at the same time confirmed Mackenzie as the 13th richest person in the world.

Impact of Stay at Home

Not only Amazon, other technology giants also experienced a significant increase in shares due to the situation of staying at home or staying at home which was carried out to reduce the spread of the COVID-19 virus infection.

In addition, the performance of technology companies was helped by a push from the government that issued a large stimulus. Previously, this had never been done by the governments and central banks of any countries in the world.

Another tech company founder, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, has added nearly $ 15 billion to his net worth so far this year. He also seemed unaffected by Facebook, which had a chance to deal with boycotting ads on its social networks.