Jeff Bezos of Amazon is Now the World’s Richest Man after Going Ahead of Bill Gates

Jeff Bezos is now the richest man in the world according to Forbes.

JEFF BEZOS – Amazon’s Chief-Executive-Officer (CEO) Jeff Bezos went ahead of Microsoft founder Bill Gates in the tracking of wealth conducted by the Forbes magazine.

Based on a recent report in Forbes, the longtime front runner of the list of richest persons in the world, Bill Gates, was overtaken by Jeff Bezos after the stock of Amazon, the online shopping retailer giant, opened up 1.6%. The opening up of the stock added a $1.4 billion increase on the net worth of the Amazon CEO.

Jeff Bezos
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Jeff Bezos, the world’s richest person now, has a fortune that is tagged as the ‘first time ever’ by the famous magazine tracking the richest persons’ wealth…

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