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The Richest People in the World
By JENNIFER CALFAS
Updated: March 6, 2018 2:56 PM ET | Originally published: May 25, 2017
The richest people in the world have a staggering amount of wealth — comparable to the GDP of small countries for some. Many of the world’s richest, like Microsoft founder Bill Gates, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos or Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg, are self-made and turned an idea into a billion-dollar fortune. For others, like the Koch brothers of Koch Industries, their businesses were inherited, but their control of the company led to overwhelming amounts of wealth.
Many billionaires donate a large percentage of their money to charity. In fact, several of the world’s richest including Gates and Warren Buffet have made “The Giving Pledge,” which means they have vowed to give away at least half of their wealth to charity.
There are more than 2,200 billionaires in the world, Forbes reported, and that number is only expected to grow. Based on the most recent estimates from Forbes, the world’s richest people range from tech CEOs to heiresses to expert investors. Read on to find out how and why these people got so rich
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- Jeff Bezos is the richest person in the world; Net worth - 133 Billion US dollars; Founder and CEO of Amazon.
- He recently crossed Bill Gates in the terms of Net Worth.
- Bill Gates is a second richest person in the world with total networth of 107 Billion US dollars.
The position of the richest people in the world changes time to time. Bill Gates was a richest person in the world from last 6 years. But Recently, The founder and CEO of Amazon, Jeff Bezos crossed him with the total net worth of 133 Billion US dollars.
Many of us have doubt on the richest person in the world between Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates. The answer is "It changes time to time". Today in December 2019, Jeff Bezos is richest. But, chances are Bill Gates can cross him by August 2020.
About Bill Gates: Bill Gates is a currently 2nd richest person on the planet earth with the networth of 12000 crores. Bill Gates is a Founder of company Microsoft. Because of Microsoft only, Today Bill Gates have achieved this position in his life. The "windows operating system" is one of the major service given by Microsoft. Microsoft provided various subsidiaries like Cloud services, Cloud computing and Gaming, Digital streaming, Apps store etc.
- Born on - 28 October 1958
- Net worth - 107 Billion US dollar
- Founder of - Microsoft
- Spouse - Melinda Gates
About Jeff Bezos: Jeff Bezos is a CEO of company Amazon. Amazon is a largest E-commerce service all over the world. Amazon is currently, The most popular E-commerce service in the world. Amazon provides various services like Cloud computing, Online digital data streaming, smart assistant speakers etc. Amazon was started by Jeff Bezos in the year 1998 by firstly starting selling books online. This business was later expanded and today we can see the Amazon.
- Born on - 12 January 1964
- Net worth - 133 Billion US dollars
- CEO and Founder of - Amazon
- Education - University of Florida