Some of the 178 newcomers to Forbes’ newly released list of the World’s Billionaires are providing services that millions of people are relying on amidst our shelter-in-place reality ForbesBillionaires
elebrating wealth creation during a pandemic may feel inappropriate, but some of the 178 newcomers to’ newly released list of the World’s Billionaires are providing services that millions of people are relying on amidst our shelter-in-place reality. , who dreamed up Zoom Video Communications and, due to California’s lockdown requirements, is now running it from his home in the San Jose area.
In mid March, Yuan offered Zoom’s video services for free to K-12 schools affected by the coronavirus pandemic in Japan, Italy and the U.S. He toldthat he said to his team, “If you leverage this opportunity for money, I think that’s a horrible culture.” Shares of Zoom doubled in value from January 3 through March 18, the dayYuan and 177 other newcomers to the 2020 billionaires list are worth a combined $369 billion and hail from 20 countries and/or territories.
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