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As we've seen again and again over the last almost 12 months now, billionaire wealth has had a way of expanding even, as the larger population struggles, and Elon Musk had an unusually good financial year even by those standards.

The Cargill MacMillan family is the fourth-richest family in America, with a net worth of $47 billion, which is up from $42.3 billion two years ago.

For a brief moment early this morning, Elon Musk was the richest person on the planet for the first time.

The Mars family is the third-richest American family in the world, with a combined net worth of $94 billion, which is up from $90 billion two years ago.

It really doesn't pay to piss off the Chinese government. Just ask billionaire Jack Ma. He made some comments about China's financial regulatory system in Shanghai on October 24. Then the Ant Group's IPO was canceled. Now the Chinese government is investigating Alibaba.

The 50 richest families in the world have a combined net worth of $1.2 trillion. The Koch family's combined net worth is $100 billion, which is up from $98.7 billion at the end of 2018, and is good enough to make them the second wealthiest family in America.

Elon Musk started the week $20 billion shy of Jeff Bezos' world-leading net worth fortune. Elon just cut the lead nearly in half.

$20 billion… plus one dollar. That's all Elon Musk needs to become the richest person in the world.

Dorsey has met with Jay-Z at least twice over the last several months, and though the substance of those conversations aren't public, a source claims that Dorsey is interested in diversifying Square's holdings by grabbing Tidal.

The 50 richest families in the world have a combined net worth of $1.2 trillion. The Walton family is the wealthiest family in not just the U.S., but in the world, with a combined $247 billion net worth.

Thirteen people joined The Giving Pledge in 2020 and have pledged to give away at least half their fortunes in their lifetimes. That's a lot of money doing a lot of good and I think we can all agree we need more good in this world.

We're running down the richest families in Asia to round out 2020. Today, we're taking a look at the fourth-richest family in Asia – the Hartono family. Their combined $31.3 billion net worth is derived from Djarum, a clove cigarette manufacturer.

Larry Ellison bought 98% of the Hawaiian island of Lanai in 2010. Now, he's leaving his posh California estate behind and moving to Hawaii. He is making his primary residence on Lanai.

Hedge fund billionaire and real estate aficionado Ken Griffin is selling two Miami Beach penthouses in the super exclusive Faena House development. He bought the townhouses five years ago and recently sold them at a loss of 20%.

We're running down the richest families in Asia to round out 2020. Today, we're taking a look at the fifth-richest family in Asia: the Lee family.