Amazon’s Bezos tops Forbes richest list as pandemic knocks Trump lower

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"2">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>Amazon chief executive Jeff Bezos topped Forbes&&num;8217&semi; list of richest Americans for the third year in a row&comma; while US President Donald Trump&&num;8217&semi;s ranking dropped as the coronavirus pandemic slammed his office buildings&comma; hotels and resorts&comma; the magazine said Tuesday&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;--Ads1--><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The aggregate wealth of the Forbes 400 list rose to a record &dollar;3&period;2 trillion &lpar;€2&period;7 trillion&rpar;&comma; as the richest Americans continued to do well even though the pandemic has devastated the economy and caused more than 1&period;8 million Americans to lose their jobs&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Eric Yuan&comma; chief executive officer of Zoom Video Communications&comma; which has become ubiquitous in the work-from-home era&comma; was one of 18 newcomers on the list with a net worth of &dollar;11 billion&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Trump&&num;8217&semi;s ranking dropped to No&period; 352 from 275 last year as his net worth fell to &dollar;2&period;5 billion from &dollar;3&period;1 billion&comma; as office buildings&comma; hotels and resorts&comma; have suffered during the pandemic&period; His business&comma; the Trump Organization&comma; owns property in all three categories&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Trump has long refused to release his tax records&comma; and has been locked in a battle with Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance&comma; who subpoenaed Trump for eight years of personal and corporate returns&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The annual list can serve as a way to track the wealthiest people in the country who hold the most power&comma; said Kerry Dolan&comma; assistant managing editor of wealth at Forbes&comma; in an interview with Reuters TV&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;--Ads2--><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;As a society&comma; we all should know who is behind the biggest companies and what they&&num;8217&semi;re doing with their money&comma;&&num;8221&semi; she said&period; &&num;8211&semi; Reuters<&sol;p>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div style&equals;"padding-bottom&colon;15px&semi;" class&equals;"wordads-tag" data-slot-type&equals;"belowpost">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div id&equals;"atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68ed5cf6357ff">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<script type&equals;"text&sol;javascript">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &equals; function &lpar;&rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;if &lpar; false &equals;&equals;&equals; &lpar; window&period;isWatlV1 &quest;&quest; false &rpar; &rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&sol;&sol; Use Aditude scripts&period;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;tudeMappings &equals; window&period;tudeMappings &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;tudeMappings&period;push&lpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;divId&colon; 'atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68ed5cf6357ff'&comma;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;format&colon; 'belowpost'&comma;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub; &rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;if &lpar; document&period;readyState &equals;&equals;&equals; 'loading' &rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;document&period;addEventListener&lpar; 'DOMContentLoaded'&comma; window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub; else &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback&lpar;&rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;script>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>


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