A 10% bump in Amazon's stock price in after-hours trading following a
positive earnings report Thursday made a lot of people a little richer —
and CEO Jeff Bezos a whole lot richer.
According to the
Bloomberg Billionaire Index,
the leap in Bezos' Amazon stock increased his fortune by almost $5
billion Thursday evening, making him the
third-wealthiest person in the
United States and the fifth world wide.
At the beginning of the year he was only the 13th wealthiest American, according to Bloomberg.
Bloomberg
put Bezos' current net worth at $55 billion. That leaves only Bill
Gates, with $83.9 billion and Warren Buffett, with $64.5 billion, ahead
of him.
The stock move pushed the Koch brothers, Charles and David, to fourth and fifth place.
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