Amazon founder is world's new richest man
With Amazon's shares witnessing a surge, Jeff Bezos, the owner of Amazon, has now surpassed Bill Gates to become the world's richest man. Microsoft co-founder has been holding the top spot since May 2013 but as the market closed, showed Bezos had a net worth of $90.6 billion, more than $500 million ahead of Gates. Bezos is now the 7th person to hold the title of the world’s richest person.