Pursuits
Zuckerberg Tops Bezos as World's Fourth Richest
- Facebook chief executive's fortune remains up 9.2% in 2016
- Half of the world's 10 richest people made fortunes in tech
The Instagram Effect: Facebook Cashes In on Mobile Ads
This article is for subscribers only.
Mark Zuckerberg became the world’s fourth-richest person on Tuesday, as Facebook Inc. shares fended off plunging stock markets.
The 31-year-old founder of the largest social network had a $50 billion fortune by the close of regular trading in New York. That vaulted him above America Movil SAB’s Carlos Slim and Amazon.com Inc.’s Jeff Bezos on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, a daily ranking of the world’s 400 richest people.