According to Forbes Jeff Bezos is now the richest person in the world. The ironic thing is it happened overnight.
If you’re not familiar with the name Jeff Bezos is the CEO of the most popular online retailer Amazon. Amazon stock rose 1.6% before the market opened which put Jeff Bezos net worth at $90.6 billion. This pushed the Amazon CEO $500 million over the former richest person in the world Bill Gates.
Bezos is only the third American to be titled the richest person on the planet. Jeff went from being a McDonald’s employee to being the richest guy on the Planet.
