Here Are the World's Biggest Billionaire Winners, Losers of 2018
- Amazon.com’s Jeff Bezos added $24 billion to his fortune
- U.S. billionaires lost the most this year: $76 billion
The markets may be tanking, but that hasn’t stopped plenty of mega-fortunes from being unearthed in 2018.
The popularity of Fortnite, the phenomenon that forced some into video-game rehab, gave gamemaker Tim Sweeney a $7.2 billion fortune this year. Autry Stephens has $11.4 billion after his closely held Endeavour Energy Resources LP attracted bids that valued the oil company at as much as $15 billion.