If you were wondering how much Jeff Bezos is worth - since his worth just keeps increasing - you might want to know tha he has become the wealthiest person of all time, as of yesterday. Bezos' net worth is now $197.8 billion and it is the highest fortune that Forbes has ever recorded in the last forty years of listing billionaires.?
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Amazon's stock was the best-performing listing on the S&P 500 in Tuesday, and that led to the boost in Bezos's fortune. The stock witnessed a total gain of 4.1 percent and Bezos's wealth went up by $7.2 billion in just one day since he is the owner of over 11 percent of the company.?
That means Bezos earned $83,333.3 for every second yesterday. Mind blown?
Presently, Amazon has a market capitalisation of $1.66 trillion. This places Bezos' worth $83.8 billion more than the world's second richest man, Bill Gates.?
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Also, since Bezos's ex-wife MacKenzie Scott received a quarter of his stake in Amazon in their divorce settlement last year, her net worth also increased by $2 billion as of yesterday. Now, she is the third richest woman in the world with her total net worth being $62.7 billion.?
Scott has reportedly donated almost $1.7 billion to 116 different not-for-profit organisations in the US.
It wasn't a great day for just one billionaire; Elon Musk's fortune rose by $7.8 billion as Tesla's shares rose by 11 percent, and closed on a record high. Now, he is the fourth one on the list just after Facebook owner Mark Zuckerberg.?