According to the report prepared by the Center for Policy Studies (IPS) based on data from Forbes and Bloomberg, household income in the USA fell by 5.6 percent in the coronavirus epidemic.
It is noted that this is the biggest decline recorded since the 1950s.
More than half of Americans lost income this year, according to the report.
Elon Musk tripled his fortune
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos' fortune has increased by $ 76.5 billion since March.
Elon Musk, founder of Tesla and SpaceX, increased his fortune 197 percent between March 18 and August 13.
Musk's fortune increased from $ 24.6 billion to $ 73.1 billion.
The list of wealthy people, eight of which own technology companies, is as follows:
Jeff Bezos (Amazon) $ 189.4 billion
Bill Gates (Microsoft) $ 114 billion
Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook) $ 95.5 billion
Warren Buffet (Berkshire Hathaway) $ 80 billion
Elon Musk (Tesla and SpaceX) $ 73.1 billion
Steve Ballmer (Former Microsoft CEO) $ 71 billion
Larry Ellison (Oracle) $ 70.9 billion
Larry Page (Google) $ 67.4 billion
Sergey Brin (Google) $ 65.6 billion
Alice Walton (Walmart) $ 62.5 billion
Rob Walton (Walmart) $ 62 billion