Seems like Bill Gates has been left far behind when it comes to being the 'world's richest man'. The man to overtake him in this race is none other than Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos, according to the?Forbes World's Billionaires list revealed on Monday. He?is the richest man in the world with a net wealth of $141.9 billion.
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Bezos' wealth has grown more than $5 billion since June 1 to beat Bill Gates, the principal founder of Microsoft Corporation, who is the second-richest man in the world with $92.9 billion, reported IANS.
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Warren Buffet, one of the most successful investors in the world, trailed in the third place with a total of wealth of $82.2 billion, reported Xinhua news agency.
Jeff Bezos officially became the richest person in the world earlier this year, and his business behemoth of online retailing, Amazon, grew into the second most valuable company in the world after Apple.
Fortune's last list release showed that Amazon ranked eighth on the 2018 list of America's largest companies, with revenues of $177.87 billion.?