It’s hard to become the world’s richest person – and just as hard, or even harder, to stay No. 1..
Amazonboss Jeff Bezos will reportedly drop to the No. 2 spot on the list of the world’s richest people after Amazon’s stock pricetumbled in after-hours tradingThursday.
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Who’ll be the new No. 1?Microsoftco-founder Bill Gates, according to Bloomberg. Bezos had overtaken Gates to claim the top position in October 2017, the report said.
The Amazon stock drop is estimated to give Bezos a revised net worth of $ 102. 8 billion , nearly $ 5 billion lower than Gates,Bloomberg said.
It’s been a tough week for Bezos. Earlier this week, The Washington Post – which Bezos owns – reported that he went largely unrecognized by students when he recently paid a visit to a Washington, DC, high school.
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Bezos visited Dunbar High School to talk about Amazon’s Future Engineer Program,the report said.
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