Silicon Valley billionaires keep getting richer, whether they want to or not.
In an age of unprecedented generosity — the amount that Americans give to charity has increased almost every year for the last four decades — the very wealthiest tech titans continue to see their net worths increase every year. This is true even for billionaires who indicate that they are genuinely trying to give away their money.
All but one of the world’s 20 wealthiest tech figures have seen their net worth grow by billions of dollars in 2019, as observed by Business Insider. The only one who didn’t made a record-setting divorce settlement this year; even so, he remains the world’s richest person.