Bezos's Net Worth Dips by $2.1 Billion After a Brief Run as the World's Richest Person
- Amazon founder’s net worth peaked at $92.3 billion Thursday
- Bill Gates has been world’s wealthiest person since May 2013
Jeff Bezos
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Jeff Bezos’s rise to become the world’s richest person stalled after investors took back $2.1 billion from the Amazon.com Inc. founder’s net worth on Friday.
The 53-year-old internet mogul’s $87.2 billion valuation on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index trails Microsoft Corp. co-founder Bill Gates’s by $3.5 billion. Gates, 61, retains his place as the richest person in the world.