The Amazon.com founder's net worth was $65.1 billion on Thursday, topping Buffett by $32 million on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. The Berkshire Hathaway chairman donated about $2.2 billion worth of stock this month in his annual gift to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Even so, the 85-year-old has still seen his net worth rise by $2.7 billion in 2016, with Berkshire's Class A shares up 9.4%. Bezos , 52, now lags Spain's Amancio Ortega , the Inditex founder who has a $73 billion fortune, and Microsoft's Bill Gates , the world's richest person, with $89 billion. The shares are up 54% since hitting a low of $482.07 on February 9.Bezos's rise in the billionaire ranking has been helped by Buffett's philanthropy .

Source: Times of India July 23, 2016 05:35 UTC