Jeff Bezos adds to his fortune as he makes $13 billion in one day

Jeff Bezos adds $13 Billion to his fortune in just 15 minutes

American billionaire internet entrepreneur, Jeff Bezos added $13 billion to his net worth on Monday, the largest single-day jump for an individual since the Bloomberg Billionaires Index was created in 2012.

Jeff Bezos adds to his fortune as he makes $13 billion in one day

The shares of Amazon.com Inc. surged 7.9%, the most since December 2018 on rising optimism about web shopping trends, and are now up 73% this year.

Bezos, Amazon’s 56-year-old founder and the world’s richest person, has seen his fortune swell $74 billion in 2020 to $189.3 billion, despite the U.S. entering its worst economic downturn since the Great Depression.

Jeff Bezos adds to his fortune as he makes $13 billion in one day

He’s now personally worth more than the market valuation of giants such as Exxon Mobil Corp., Nike Inc. and McDonald’s Corp.

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Jeff Bezos adds to his fortune as he makes $13 billion in one day

It could be recalled that Mackenzie Bezos, his ex-wife, gained $4.6 billion Monday and is now the 13th-richest person in the world.

 

Bloomberg

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