Jeff Bezos Named Forbes World Richest Man For Fourth Consecutive Year

Amazon boss, Jeff Bezos, has been named the Forbes World Richest Man for the fourth consecutive year. Despite stiff competition from Elon Musk, Jeff has remained consistent atop the world money bags list.

A significant improvement in his net worth saw the 57-year-old billionaire move from $64 billion to $177 billion in net worth owing to spike in Amazon shares. Elon Musk is on second spot with a net worth of $151. The Tesla boss is the highest gainer on the list with a whopping $126.4 billion gain to move from the 31^st spot a year ago when he was worth $24.6 billion.

Billionaires on Forbes list for this year, are worth a total of $13.1 trillion, a huge improvement from last year’s $8 trillion.

See Forbes Top Ten Billionaires List Below:

1. Jeff Bezos          

NET WORTH: $177 BILLION

SOURCE OF WEALTH: AMAZON

RESIDENCE: SEATTLE

2. Elon Musk

NET WORTH: $151 BILLION

SOURCE OF WEALTH: TESLA, SPACEX

RESIDENCE: AUSTIN, TEXAS

3. Bernard Arnault

NET WORTH: $150 BILLION

SOURCE OF WEALTH: LUXURY GOODS

RESIDENCE: PARIS

4. Bill Gates

NET WORTH: $124 BILLION

SOURCE OF WEALTH: MICROSOFT

RESIDENCE: MEDINA, WASHINGTON

5. Mark Zuckerberg

NET WORTH: $97 BILLION

SOURCE OF WEALTH: FACEBOOK

RESIDENCE: PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA

6. Warren Buffett

NET WORTH: $96 BILLION

SOURCE OF WEALTH: BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY

RESIDENCE: OMAHA, NEBRASKA

7. Larry Ellison

NET WORTH: $93 BILLION

SOURCE OF WEALTH: SOFTWARE

RESIDENCE: LANAI, HAWAII

8. Larry Page

NET WORTH: $91.5 BILLION

SOURCE OF WEALTH: GOOGLE

RESIDENCE: PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA

9. Sergey Brin

NET WORTH: $89 BILLION

SOURCE OF WEALTH: GOOGLE

RESIDENCE: LOS ALTOS, CALIFORNIA

10. Mukesh Ambani

NET WORTH: $84.5 BILLION

SOURCE OF WEALTH: DIVERSIFIED

RESIDENCE: MUMBAI, INDIA

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Linda Ikeji

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