World's Richest Man Gets Richer, Amazon's Jeff Bezos Now Has $100 Billion

Amazon saw a great Black Friday. As its shares climbed on Thanksgiving, its founder and CEO Jeff Bezos saw his net worth increase to $100.3 billion, as per Bloomberg estimates.

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According to Adobe Analytics, Amazon’s online purchases were 18.4 percent higher than last year’s. Bezos is reportedly, the first billionaire in the world to have crossed the $100 billion mark. The last person who came very close to accomplishing this feat was Microsoft’s Bill Gates in 1999. However, he wasn't able to cross the mark.

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So, what do you think Bezos will do with all this money?

In June, he tweeted a “request for ideas” for his philanthropic strategy “to be helping people in the here and now- short term- at the intersection of urgent need and lasting impact.”

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Bezos also beat Bill Gates to become the world’s richest person last month. Looks like Amazon is having an amazing time!