Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos surpassed Bill Gates to become the richest man in the world, updated: has come down again

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Just a day ago, Bill Gates was still the richest man in the world when he held a fortune of $ 90 billion, while Jeff Bezos 's assets were $ 89 billion. Immediately after Amazon's stock price increased and Microsoft shares dropped slightly, the previous one changed owner.

Founder, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, surpassed Bill Gates, the technology billionaire for many years, and became the richest person in the world after Amazon shares rose dramatically after the Thursday morning session.

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The price increase of Amazon shares in the July 27 trading session helped the assets of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos reach $ 90.6 billion, while the assets of billionaire Bill Gates were $ 90.1 billion and if the stock Bezos's richest title will be kept for a long time.

Starting from an online bookstore, Jeff Bezos has developed Amazon into a giant e-commerce company with various business categories. Currently, Jeff Bezos is holding a 17% stake in Amazon . After yesterday's trading session, Amazon's stock price rose 1.8%, hitting $ 1071.31, bringing Jeff Bezos more than $ 1 billion. This sudden price increase may be due to business results exceeding Amazon's expectations in the recently announced quarterly activity report.

Earlier this year, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos was ranked among the richest people in the world with a net worth of about 82.8 billion dollars. Amazon began making significant investments, including the acquisition of Whole Foods and plans to expand the e-commerce business. The peak of the Amazon Prime Day program earlier this month was a record success with sales up 60% over the same period last year.

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According to Forbes, Jeff Bezos began making the list of the 400 richest Americans in 1998 - a year after Amazon.com was officially announced - with a total assets of $ 1.6 billion. Until now, Jeff Bezos has become the richest person in the world and also the third American to win the title, including Bill Gates and Warren Buffett.

And like the world's richest man Bill Gates and Warren Buffett, Bezos also said he intended to donate his assets to charity funds.

Update: A few hours after major financial sites said Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos became the richest person in the world, it seems that Bill Gates has regained that position. At 00:45 minutes today in Vietnam time, on Bloomberg's world's richest ranking page, Bill Gates rose to the top with a net worth of $ 90.8 billion, while Jeff Bezos dropped 2nd place with 89.8 billion USD.

According to Forbes ranking page, Bill Gates topped with 89.7 billion net assets, and Jeff Bezos ranked second with 88.8 billion dollars. With this result it seems that it will still have to wait a little longer, then the position of the richest person will be clearly defined.

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