Amazon is now the biggest company in the state of Washington -- and third largest in America. Amazon's market value soared above $685 billion, making the Jeff Bezos-led giant worth more than Microsoft for the first time ever. Amazon (AMZN) now trails only Apple (AAPL), which has a market cap of about $815 billion, and Google owner Alphabet (GOOGL), valued at $750 billion. Its stock has soared nearly 21% this year, well ahead of the gains of Alphabet and Microsoft. Bezos is now worth $116 billion, nearly $25 billion more than Gates.

Source: CNN February 06, 2018 15:11 UTC