Sentence examples for fortunes increase from inspiring English sources

The continent outperformed the FORBES World Billionaires List, where only 46% of billionaires saw their fortunes increase in 2016.

The continent outperformed the overall FORBES World Billionaires List, where only 46% of billionaires saw their fortunes increase in 2016.

All but one of Indonesia's top ten richest saw their fortunes increase by at least 10% in the past year partly due to higher stock values.

Bezos is the biggest dollar gainer on the 2017 World's Billionaires List, in a year when 56% of billionaires saw their fortunes increase.

For the 31 returnees it was a mixed year; 16 saw their fortunes increase while the rest held steady or lost ground.

Overcoming last year's natural disaster and a weak economy, Japan's wealthiest have seen their fortunes increase 13% to $93 billion; more than half of the members of Japan's top 40 are richer this year.

In 2004, the foundation's fortunes increased drastically, and almost overnight, with the introduction of the yellow wristbands emblazoned with the word Livestrong, an idea developed by Nike.

The number of Americans who left modest fortunes when they died declined in 2003 from 2001, while the number who left large fortunes increased, government data posted on the Internet showed yesterday.

After the Genoese seizure of Famagusta in 1372, the port's fortunes increased; but damage from numerous incursions between 1414 and 1426, the Turkish invasion of 1570, and a disastrous earthquake had reduced its population to 150 by 1815.

So the budget battle still promises to be a long slog.Is R&D the answer?Writing in the Financial Times before the summit, Mr Chirac suggested another plan to revitalise the EU's flagging fortunes: increased investment in research and development (R&D).

The world's richest man, Jeff Bezos, the owner of Amazon, saw his fortune increase to $112bn.