Despite paying a whopping $35 billion to his ex-wife MacKenzie in a divorce settlement, billionaire businessman, Jeff Bezos has bounced back.
His wealth reached a shocking level following a 4.4 percent surge in Amazon’s stock value.
According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, the 56-year-old founder and CEO of Amazon is now worth $172 billion, making him richer than he was prior to settling the most expensive divorce in history in 2019.
Bezos is officially the wealthiest person on the planet, as his wealth has continued to soar amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Comparisun has been quoted as saying that Bezos is on track to be the world’s first trillionaire by 2026.
The business software comparison site used data collected from the last five years of the Forbes Rich List to calculate the yearly wealth growth rate of the world’s richest billionaires.
Applying this annual growth rate over the coming years, the study concluded that Bezos could become the world’s first trillionaire in 2026 or sooner.
Bezos’ company, Amazon has been doing particularly well in recent months with the increased demand for online shopping due to the Coronavirus pandemic. As a result, the company’s share prices has increased.
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