Just a few dollars more on the Amazon share price and the world will have a new richest man. Jeff Bezos, the company’s founder, is on the brink of overtaking Bill Gates to become the wealthiest person on the planet.Bezos, 53, has been having a very good year. His net worth has risen by almost $20bn (£16bn) in the past five months to $85.2bn, putting him just behind Gates, the co-founder of Microsoft, who is valued at $89.3bn, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
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He looks good for 53 :)
1. Bill Gates – $89.3bn – Microsoft
2. Jeff Bezos – $85.2bn – Amazon
3. Amancio Ortega – $84.5bn – Inditex
4. Warren Buffett – $74.7bn – Berkshire Hathaway
5. Mark Zuckerberg – $64.8bn – Facebook
6. Carlos Slim – $60.2bn – Grupo Carso
7. Bernard Arnault – $52.4bn – LVMH
8. Larry Page – $48.8bn – Google
9. Larry Ellison – $48.2bn – Oracle
10. Sergey Brin – $47.7bn – Google
Source: Bloomberg
