Who is the world's richest man?

Bill Gates is no longer the richest man in the world.

The founder of Microsoft for the past five years has recognized Bloomberg as the world's wealthiest man. However, today he lost his "title" to Jeff Bezos, the founder of the Amazon corporation. This became possible due to the growth of shares, from which today's trading started.

Amazon's appreciated securities made Jeff Bezos the owner of the fortune of $ 90.9 billion, writes Bloomberg. Bill Gates is "poorer" by $ 200 million. However, to keep the title of the richest man on the planet, Jeff Bezos should at least wait for the end of today's bidding, tech.onliner.by  reports.

As reported Onliner.by, yesterday Amazon's capitalization for the first time exceeded $ 500 billion marks. Thus, the corporation entered the "VIP Club", which members are also Apple, Alphabet and Microsoft. While "ahead of the whole planet" Apple, the market value of which is estimated at about $ 800 billion.

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