Jeff Bezos, founder and chief executive, Amazon.com Inc is the world’s richest man, according to Forbes rich list for 2018. Photo: APSan Francisco: Amazon.com Inc. CEO Jeff Bezos has become the first $100 billion mogul to top Forbes’s annual rankings of the world’s richest people. His net worth rocketed to $128 billion, in line with a spike in Amazon share prices, after Forbes named him as the world’s richest man. Bill Gates, Microsoft’s co-founder and an occasional bridge partner of Buffett’s, ranks second on the Forbes list with wealth of $90 billion. Both Gates, 62, and Buffett, 87, have committed to giving away most of their wealth while Bezos, 54, hasn’t said much about his philanthropic plans.

Source: Mint March 07, 2018 19:41 UTC