Name: 冠狀病毒造就了多少億萬富翁？ (How Many Billionaires Coronavirus Created)
Uploaded: 2020-11-07T20:20:40.000Z
Duration: 11 min 7 s

Have you heard that every crisis presents an opportunity?

你有沒有聽說過，每一次危機都是一次機會？

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While most people got slightly poorer during this pandemic, billionaires have never been

雖然大多數人在這場大瘟疫中略微變窮了，但億萬富翁們卻從來沒有

Back in April, when the pandemic just started, the global wealth of all billionaires was

早在4月份，當疫情剛剛開始的時候，全球所有億萬富翁的財富是。

Fast forward to today, it has climbed to $10.2.

yes, billionaires made over 2.2 trillion dollars in the last six months.

是的，億萬富翁在過去的半年裡賺了超過2.2萬億美元。

In fact, the number of billionaires also increased.

事實上，億萬富翁的數量也在增加。

Guess how many billionaires are there now?

2,189! 31 one more people became billionaires in the middle of an economic crisis that's

2,189!在經濟危機中又有31人成為億萬富翁，這就是

So, it turns out that every crisis does actually presents opportunities.

所以，事實證明，每一次危機確實其實都是機遇。

But if you are not ready for them, you will miss them as most people do.

但如果你還沒有做好準備，你會像大多數人一樣錯過它們。

But don't worry, crises always happen every 5 to 10 years.

不過不用擔心，危機總是每5到10年發生一次。

There will be another major crisis, so instead of regretting that you haven't been quick

會有另一個重大的危機，所以與其後悔自己沒有快刀斬亂麻

enough, prepare yourself for the next one.

And one way to do that is to find out how some people took advantage of this crisis

而其中一個方法就是找出一些人是如何利用這次危機的。

We are not going to talk about the billionaires who got wealthier like Bezos or Elon Musk,

我們不打算談論那些像貝佐斯或埃隆-馬斯克那樣變得更富有的億萬富翁。

yes they made a ton of money during this crisis.

是的，他們在這次危機中賺了一大筆錢。

Elon Musk went from 20 billion dollars in 2019 to almost 94 billion dollars this year.

埃隆-馬斯克從2019年的200億美元到今年的近940億美元。

In fact, statistics point out that billionaires across every industry saw their wealth increase

事實上，有統計指出，各行各業的億萬富翁們的財富都在增加。

by double digits, especially those in the industrial, technology, and health care sectors.

以兩位數的速度增長，特別是工業、技術和保健部門。

With low-interest rates and a crisis of such a magnitude, only the strongest and smartest

在低利率和如此巨大的危機下，只有最強大和最聰明的人

will prevail and end up ripping the rewards.

  So let's start with the first person on our

"■▄▄■▓，那麼我們就從我們的第一個人開始吧

list who wasn't a billionaire just last year, and yet in 2020, joined the billionaire's

名單上的人，去年還不是億萬富翁，卻在2020年，加入了億萬富翁的行列。

  You probably haven't heard about him before,

"■▄▄■▓，你可能沒有聽說過他。

neither did I until I did the research for this video.

我也沒有，直到我做了研究 這個視頻。

Back when the pandemic wasn't even a thing, Tim understood the danger that viruses could

當流行病還沒有出現的時候 Tim就知道病毒的危害了

So a decade ago, he came across a company in Massachusetts called Moderna.

所以十年前，他在馬薩諸塞州遇到了一家叫Moderna的公司。

It was a biotech company that focused on drug discovery, drug development, and vaccine technologies.

它是一家專注於藥物發現、藥物開發和疫苗技術的生物技術公司。

It wasn't as exciting as electric cars or online shopping, but as a biology professor,

這並不像電動汽車和網購那樣令人興奮，但作為一名生物教授。

he understands the importance of vaccines.

Currently, he owns 3.5 percent of the company.

Since Moderna is valued at around 30 billion dollars at the time of this video, his stake

由於莫德納的估值在這段視頻時約為300億美元，他的股權。

equals to around 1 billion dollars, not bad for a Harvard professor.

相當於10億美元左右，對一個哈佛教授來說還不錯。

  Moderna is one of the leading companies that's

In fact, they have developed a new type of vaccines that's much different from how we

事實上，他們已經開發出了一種新型的疫苗，與我們的疫苗有很大的不同

The company successfully passed phase 1 and phase 2 of testing that vaccine and currently

公司順利通過了該疫苗的一期和二期測試，目前已。

If it turns out to be successful, Moderna will be one of the first companies to release

如果成功的話，Moderna將成為首批發布的公司之一。

an FDA-approved vaccine, which means that the company's stock will shoot through the

美國食品和藥物管理局準許的疫苗，這意味著該公司的股票將射穿。

roof, and Timothy Springier might double or even triple his net worth in the coming few

屋頂，而蒂莫西-斯普林吉爾的淨資產可能會在未來幾年內翻倍甚至三倍。

If you take a look at Forbes list 2019, you won't find Trevor Milton in it because he

如果你看看2019年的福布斯榜單，你不會發現特雷弗-米爾頓在其中，因為他。

wasn't even close to being a billionaire, but 2020 gave him a unique opportunity.

甚至還沒有成為億萬富翁，但2020年給了他一個獨特的機會。

Throughout his career, he started multiple businesses; however, luck was never on his

在他的職業生涯中，他創辦了多個企業，然而，運氣從來沒有在他身上出現過

邊，因為他所有的企業都失敗了。

In fact, he was accused of fraud for his business practices, but that never stopped Milton from

事實上，他的商業行為被指控為欺詐，但這從來沒有阻止米爾頓的。

In 2015, he launched his new business Nikola, inspired by Elon Musk since he literally took

2015年，他推出了新的業務Nikola，靈感來自於Elon Musk，因為他真的把

the first name of the inventor Nikola Tesla, and the company is also working on building

發明家尼古拉-特斯拉的第一個名字，該公司也在努力打造。

They haven't proved anything yet, but because investors flooded the stock market with cash

他們還沒有證明什麼，但因為投資者用現金充斥股市

since there weren't any other better options, Nikola came to light and caught the attention

因為沒有其他更好的選擇，尼古拉出現了，引起了人們的注意。

of investors as the next Tesla, those who missed the opportunity to invest in Tesla

的投資者，作為下一個特斯拉，那些錯過了投資特斯拉的機會的人

quickly jumped in, so the valuation quickly surged to almost 10 billion dollars making

迅速跳入，是以估值迅速飆升至近百億美元，使得

Milton a billionaire since he owns 25 percent of the company.

米爾頓是億萬富翁，因為他擁有公司25%的股份。

No one knows how long he will be a billionaire since the company is already being investigated

沒人知道他能當多久的億萬富翁，因為公司已經被調查了。

by the department of justice and SEC for committing fraud. 

被司法部和美國證券交易委員會以欺詐罪起訴。

What is the best age to become a billionaire?

成為億萬富翁的最佳年齡是多少？

Probably 20s or 30s since you will be at the peak of your energy and can enjoy life at

可能是20多歲或30多歲，因為你會在精力最旺盛的時候，可以享受生活在

But some people never give up until the end, such as Alice Schwartz, who is now a billionaire

但有些人不到最後一刻是不會放棄的，比如愛麗絲-施瓦茨，她現在已經是億萬富翁了。

at the age of 93, yes you heard it right, 93!

It seems like her children have a lot to inherit.

看來她的孩子們要繼承的東西很多。

Schwartz graduated from UC Berkeley with a degree in biochemistry, where she met her

Schwartz畢業於加州大學伯克利分校的生物化學專業，在那裡她遇到了她的朋友。

The couple went on to start Bio-Rad Laboratories.

這對夫婦後來創辦了Bio-Rad實驗室。

The company manufactures products for the life science research and clinical diagnostics

該公司生產的產品用於生命科學研究和臨床診斷。

markets such as instruments, software, consumables, reagents, and content for the areas of cell

市場，如儀器、軟件、耗材、試劑和細胞領域的內容。

biology, gene expression, protein purification, protein quantitation, drug discovery. 

生物學、基因表達、蛋白質純化、蛋白質定量、藥物發現。

Bio-Rad's diagnostic products and systems use a range of technologies and provide clinical

Bio-Rad公司的診斷產品和系統採用了一系列的技術，並提供臨床

information in the blood transfusion, diabetes monitoring, and infectious disease testing

輸血、糖尿病監測、傳染病檢測等方面的資訊。

These products are used to support the diagnosis, monitoring, and treatment of diseases and

這些產品用於支持疾病的診斷、監測和治療，並可用於治療其他疾病。

The business didn't sound exciting back then; however, things turned the other way around.

當年的生意聽起來並不刺激，然而，事情卻發生了反轉。

The pandemic forced everyone to pay greater attention to our health and pushed many investors

疫情迫使大家更加關注我們的健康，也促使很多投資者

to invest in healthcare companies, which eventually made Alice Schwartz worth 2.2 billion dollars.

來投資醫療公司，最終使愛麗絲-施瓦茨身價達到22億美元。

This man spent his entire life getting ready for such an opportunity.

這個人用一生的時間來準備這樣的機會。

The company that took the best advantage out of this pandemic is ZOOM.

在這次流行病中佔盡便宜的公司是ZOOM。

Everyone from private companies to government officials suddenly started using zoom.

從私營企業到政府官員，大家突然開始使用變焦。