It was a great day for Amazon’s CEO Jeff Bezos on Monday as his net worth broke $150 billion according to theBloomberg Billionaires Index. Bill Gates, the world’s second richest person right now, has a network around $55 billion lower now. “It’s hard to even put it in perspective,” remarked Michael Cole, the CEO of … Continue reading “Jeff Bezos is Now the Richest Person in Modern History”
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