Mark Zuckerberg's fortune exceeded $100 billion

Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg's net worth topped $100 billion for the first time, a record driven by shares rising after the launch of short-video service Reels, a competitor to the troubled Chinese TikTok in the US, reports . Bloomberg

According to the building, Zuckerberg has earned $22 billion since the beginning of the year, largely due to the increase in Internet traffic during the pandemic and the self-isolation regime. In addition to Zuckerberg, there are only two in the club of centbillionaires (people with a fortune of more than $100 billion) now: Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos ($190 billion) and Microsoft founder Bill Gates ($120 billion).

has not yet prevented the growth of Facebook's capitalization Even the interrogation of Zuckerberg, along with the heads of three other big tech companies in the US Congress, . He threatens them with increased antitrust regulation.

• Meanwhile, US Senator and former US presidential candidate Bernie Sanders proposed introducing a law that would allow a 60% tax on the excess profits of the richest people during the coronavirus crisis, that is, from March 18 until the end of this year. It is assumed that these proceeds will go to cover US health care costs.

• Last year, he wanted to oblige billionaires to pay at least 5% of every dollar they own to the treasury. However, then Zuckerberg criticized this idea. “I get a little worried when I hear proposals like what Senator [Sanders] did. The proposal that all this should be done by the state will deprive the market and the world of various efforts that could be made, ”he noted.

• Mark Zuckerberg has repeatedly stated that he wants to give 99% of his Facebook shares to a charitable foundation created with his wife Priscilla Chan.