Jeff Bezos is now the richest man in the world

[tintskuecha]

https://www.cnbc.com/2017/10/27/jeff-bezos-is-now-the-richest-man-in-the-world-with-90-billion.html

Jeff Bezos became the richest man in the world Friday morning, after adding nearly $7 billion to his wealth overnight.

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With Amazon's share price surging Friday morning after its earnings report, Bezos's wealth shot up to more than $90 billion, according to calculations by CNBC and data from the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.

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At some point, given Amazon's dominance in so many markets, Bezos is likely to pull further ahead in the race for the richest man. For now, however, the battle is between Microsoft and Amazon.

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With Amazon's dominance only beginning, how high do you think his wealth will go?

I think one day Bezos will have all the money

 

[Strafer]

And I cant even afford noodles.

 

[ElectricBlanketFire]

I know, he told me this morning after he let himself in.

 

[SegFault]

Man he must've done a lot of work overnight to earn that

 

[WhiteRabbitEXE]

I guess I might as well give them my key, cause he'll literally just own me and my Prime House soon enough.

I know, he told me this morning after he let himself in.

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You're tempting me here man.

 

[EssBeeVee]

quick, someone cancel an order!

 

[Wracu]

Well, Bill has given away like 30 billion. I'm not sure Bezos has given 30 cents.

 

[Steel]

Again. And then when the stock drops again he won't be for a few days.

 

[ahoyhoy]

Well, Bill has given away like 30 billion. I'm not sure Bezos has given 30 cents.

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He probably wanted to hoard it all until he became the richest man.

Now that his ego has been quenched maybe he can donate that 9 billion he just earned to build that NYC-DC Hyperloop

 

[Skittles]

Never thought our dystopian society would be brought about Amazon

 

[Razgriz417]

2nd time he's been #1, wonder if he'll stay there

 

[SleazyC]

2nd time he's been #1, wonder if he'll stay there

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Pretty sure his wealth will grow faster than Gates into the future. Especially if Amazon has a successful HQ2 choice + launch.

 

[Hank Hill]

Congrats to him, I guess.

 

[LOLDSFAN]

Hopefully he gives some if it to good causes.

 

[Anubis]

While impressive, I am more in awe of
Gates due to his philanthropy while still maintaining his wealth.

 

[Deleted member 9317]

Hopefully he gives some if it to good causes.

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I'm hoping he gives most of it back. He'll still have enough to buy whatever he wants.

 

[thesoapster]

Isn't Putin the actual richest person in the world? (edit: or so we think...we can't tell because it's not publicly-available information)

 

[Polymath]

Isn't Putin the actual richest person in the world? (edit: or so we think...we can't tell because it's not publicly-available information)

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Yep, estimated to be $200 Billion

 

[Lime]

Earning 90 billion dollars over night means he must have worked so hard, that poor guy.

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this is why capitalism should be destroyed

 

[Zoid]

More like Jeff Pesos, right? I'll see myself out.

 

[tintskuecha]

While impressive, I am more in awe of
Gates due to his philanthropy while still maintaining his wealth.

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absolutely. Gates is inspirational. If only all billionare were even half as giving as Gates

 

[UltraMav]

(((Bezos)))

 

[maximumzero]

Must be cool to be wealthy. No worries, just living your life to the fullest.

 

[Blam]

I wonder when he's gonna start giving?