Jeff Bezos fortune is about to reach 200 billion USD

Ending the session on Tuesday (August 18), the fortune of Jeff Bezos – the founder and Amazon reached $ 197.8 billion. Forbes said this is the highest asset block that the magazine has recorded in nearly four decades tracking billionaires.

The S&P 500 index closed above its February high yesterday, before the pandemic hit the US. Amazon shares alone rose 4.1%, bringing the market capitalization of the e-commerce giant to $ 1,660 billion. Jeff Bezos makes more than $ 7.2 billion in just one day by holding an 11.1% stake in the company he founded.

With Amazon shares steadily rising in recent months, the wealth gap between Bezos and the world’s second-richest billionaire Bill Gates has grown to $ 83.8 billion – roughly the same as that of billionaire Elon Musk, CEO. Tesla.

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In February, Jeff Bezos sold Amazon shares worth $ 1.7 billion. In early August, he sold additional shares worth $ 3.1 billion. Documents filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday also show that Bezos handed out 2,941 Amazon shares on Aug. 14 – worth $ 9.3 million – to an undisclosed non-profit. .

Bezos’ ex-wife MacKenzie Scott also saw her net worth rise rapidly. The third richest woman in the world “pocketed” $ 2 billion after yesterday’s trading session, bringing the fortune to $ 62.7 billion. Last month, Scott revealed that she had donated nearly $ 1.7 billion to 116 nonprofits across the US.