CEO Jeff Bezos is now worth more than $200 billion.
As the Amazon stock has risen more than 100% since the start of U.S. coronavirus shutdowns in March, its CEO, the world’s richest man, is now, fueled by the change in consumer habits as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, worth more than $200 billion.
Amid this Amazon peak, Jeff Bezos, the 56-year-old, has crossed a milestone previously unseen in the nearly four decades Forbes has been tracking net worths: he is the world’s first-ever person to amass a $200 billion fortune. His net worth was about $115 billion at the start of 2020. As of 1:50 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, the Amazon founder and CEO is worth $204.6 billion—nearly $90 billion more than the world’s second-richest person, Bill Gates, who’s currently worth $116.1 billion.
According to Forbes, Bezos isn’t alone among tech titans with fortunes surging to massive new heights. Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg ended Tuesday as a brand-new centibillionaire, worth $103.1 billion after adding $3.4 billion to his fortune in one day, on Facebook stock gains. That surge continued early Wednesday afternoon, with Zuckerberg up an astonishing $6 billion just on Wednesday as of publication time. He’s now worth $109.1 billion.
There are now more centibillionaires on the planet than ever.
