The Bloomberg Billionaires Index and Forbes watched Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos become the 2nd wealthiest person in the world amid a rise in Amazon stock.
Amazon’s stock rose $18.32 after Amazon announced their plans to acquire another online commerce site, Souq, described as the largest e-commerce website in the Arab world.
According to Bloomberg, the 53-year-old billionaire has added $10.2 billion to his net worth this year alone. Real time figures from the Bloomberg Billionaires Index show that Bezos currently has a net worth of $76.7 billion based on Bloomberg’s metrics. Bezos sits at $1.5 billion above Berkshire Hathaway’s Warren Buffett.
Forbes also lists Jeff Bezos as its 2nd wealthiest person on its Real Time Billionaires List, with a net worth of $76.2 billion, $200 million above Spain’s Amancio Ortega.
Bezos remains below the world’s wealthiest person,Bill Gates, on both lists: $10.7 billion away from the #1 spot by Forbes’ metrics, and $9.7 billion according to Bloomberg.
Amazon’s value has risen dramatically since its start as an online book reseller, to become the world’s largest e-commerce site and a predominant cloud-computing service, Amazon Web Service. Bezos also owns The Washington Post after purchasing it for $250 million in 2013, and aerospace company Blue Origin, which he founded.
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