(Manisha Mahar, Intern Journalist); Amazon founder Jeff Bezos ranked first in the list of America’s richest people for the third consecutive year. Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s Bill Gates was second on the Forbes list of wealthiest Americans. This list of 400 people also includes seven Indians this time. Even during this period of the Corona epidemic, the wealth of the American rich has increased drastically. The total wealth of the 400 people included in the list is $ 32 trillion. Total assets have increased by $ 240 billion over the last year. According to Forbes, the wealthiest Jeff Bezos has total assets of $ 179 billion. At the same time, the total assets of Bill Gates have been stated to be 111 billion dollars.
Seven Indian Americans have also made it to this list. These include Jay Chaudhary, CEO of cybersecurity firm JadeScaler, Romesh Badhwani, founder chairman of Symphony Technology Group, Neeraj Shah, co-founder and CEO of online goods delivery company Wayfair, Vinod Khosla, founder of Silicon Valley venture capital firm Khosla Ventures, Kavitarka Ram, partner at Sherpalo Ventures Sriram, airline Veteran Rakesh Gangwal and Workday CEO and co-founder Anil Bhusari.