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Bezos's Fortune Jumps to $61 Billion After Amazon Shares Surge
- Bezos's stake in e-commerce retailer now valued at $58 billion
- Amazon founder is the fourth-richest person on earth
Is Amazon Really a $1,000 Stock?
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Jeff Bezos has never been richer.
The fortune of the Amazon.com Inc. founder topped $60 billion Tuesday, after the online retailer’s shares rose 3.4 percent to close at $703.07, an all-time high. Amazon has climbed 46 percent from this year’s low of $482.07 on Feb. 9, the day before the Seattle-based company announced a repurchase of as much as $5 billion of its own shares.