Bezos Fortune Jumps $6.5 Billion After Hours in Tech's Wild Ride
- Amazon founder’s net worth hits record $123 billion on surge
- Zuckerberg up $2.5 billion after Facebook results on Thursday
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Jeff Bezos’s fortune struck an all-time in after-hours trading after Amazon.com Inc. reported the strongest holiday quarter sales growth in eight years.
The net worth of the world’s richest man had already risen $17.4 billion in the first month of the year, and he will see his wealth reach a record $123 billion on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index if the gain holds Friday. Bezos had $116.4 billion on the index at the close of trading Thursday and the projected gain will more than wipe out his $4.9 billion loss that day.