Amazon stock jumped over 5% on Monday through 1:30pm EST, pushing Bezos’ net worth back above $200 ... [+] billion. Bezos became the first person ever worth $200 billion in August, but soon fell below the mark as Amazon AMZN shares returned slightly to earth. Now—with the retailer’s stock surging in anticipation Prime Day—Bezos has once again passed the $200 billion threshold. What’s more, Bezos would have surpassed the $200 billion mark earlier in 2020 if not for the costliest divorce in history. In July 2019, he ended his 25-year marriage with MacKenzie Scott, giving her a quarter of his Amazon shares.

Source: Forbes October 12, 2020 17:26 UTC