Jeff Bezos became the world’s richest man on Thursday morning, July 27, following a surge in Amazon.com Inc. shares in advance of the online retail giant’s earnings report, Bloomberg reported.
Amazon’s shares ticked up 1.3 percent to $1,065.92 at 10:10 a.m. in New York, handing Bezos a net worth of $90.9 billion, compared to Gates’s $90.7 billion.
If the Amazon share price holds or rises by 4 p.m. today, Bezos will secure the top spot on the Bloomberg Billionaire Index, which Gates has held since May 2013.
The top 10 people on the current list (before the 4 p.m. update) are as follows:
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