Elon Musk has tripled his wealth during the pandemic, joining a list of 12 Americans collectively worth more than $1 trillion (TSLA, AMZN, FB, GOOG, GOOGL, BRK.A, WMT, ORCL, MSFT)

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• The 12 richest Americans are now worth more than $1 trillion, according to an analysis from the Institute for Policy Studies.
• During the pandemic, their combined wealth has increased by $283 billion, a jump of nearly 40%, according to the report.
• Elon Musk saw the biggest gains, tripling his personal fortune as Tesla's stock has surged this year.
• The list is dominated by other titans of the tech industry including Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, and Google's cofounders. 
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America's richest individuals are getting richer and showing no signs of slowing down during the pandemic.

The trend is most prominent among the dozen wealthiest Americans, whose collective net worth passed $1 trillion last week, according to a new analysis from the Institute for Policy Studies using data from Forbes and Bloomberg's billionaire trackers.

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