Since this week, Jeff Bezos occupies the first place in a coveted list; that of the richest people in the world. Now, the billionaire founder of Amazon has outperformed Bill Gates, owner of this position since 2013.
According to what Bloomberg reported, Bezos' rise in the list was due to an increase of $ 15 in Amazon shares, which caused his fortune to vary above 90 billion dollars, exceeding by a minimum percentage the fortune of the co-founder of Microsoft.
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The founder of Amazon is the richest man in the world
Until Wednesday, Bill Gates was in first place, followed by Bezos in the second, thanks to the 90 thousand and 89 billion dollars of each. However, the upward movement in the stock market, this time has also favored the CEO of the e-commerce giant, Amazon.
Thus, Bezos is now the sixth man to hold the title of richest person in the last 30 years, after originally entering the list of billionaires 20 years ago.
Without a doubt, this is news that would come sooner rather than later, and that is, the consolidation of Amazon thanks to the standard in the quality of its service, the diversification that the company has made in recent years with the creation of its own and successful products, as well as the implementation of new strategies and alliances with important companies, support the increase in the value of the company's stock, founded in 1994, when it began as an Internet book store.
Although the stock market variation that has placed Jeff Bezos in this enviable position has represented an increase of 17%, shareholders are even more optimistic and expect a growth of 22% in the coming years.
Internet business changed the dynamics of the economy many years ago and since then the fortune of the richest men in the world come from this sector. After several years of effort to Bezos came his great moment.
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