Amazon&#39;s founder, Jeff Bezos, is now the richest man in the world with net worth of a whopping $105 billion.

Bloomberg&#39;s Billionaire Index reports Bezos to have earned close to $6.1 billion in the first five trading days of the year.&nbsp;

Bezos now stands ahead of Microsoft&#39;s Bill Gates who&#39;s worth&nbsp;$93.3 billion and stands second on the list.&nbsp;

<a href="http://www.wionews.com/business-economy/the-rise-rise-of-jeff-bezos-amazon-14019">Bezos&#39;&nbsp;net worth continues to soar</a> with Amazon&#39;s shares growing at lightning pace.

The online retail giant saw a jump of close to 56% in its share in the year 2017.

In just five days of trading in 2018, Amazon&#39;s share has already seen a hike of 6.6%.&nbsp;

Although Microsoft&#39;s founder, Bill Gates, now stands behind in terms of net worth, experts point at his charity funding and philanthropist projects where a chunk of his wealth is invested.

According to reports, Gates has given away shares and stocks worth nearly $60 billion in the past few decades.

Combining the same with his current value of assets would skyrocket his worth to nearly $150 billion.

Bezos now stands ahead of Microsoft's Bill Gates who's worth $93.3 billion and stands second on the list

Amazon's founder, Jeff Bezos, is now the richest man in the world with net worth of a whopping $105 billion. Bloomberg's Billionaire Index reports Bezos to have earned close to $6.1 billion in the first five trading days of the year. Bezos now stands ahead of Microsoft's Bill Gates who's worth $93.3 billion and stands second on the list. Bezos' net worth continues to soar with Amazon's shares growing at lightning pace. The online retail giant saw a jump of close to 56% in its share in the year 2017. In just five days of trading in 2018, Amazon's share has already seen a hike of 6.6%. Although Microsoft's founder, Bill Gates, now stands behind in terms of net worth, experts point at his charity funding and philanthropist projects where a chunk of his wealth is invested. According to reports, Gates has given away shares and stocks worth nearly $60 billion in the past few decades. Combining the same with his current value of assets would skyrocket his worth to nearly $150 billion.

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos overtakes Bill Gates to become richest man, worth $105 billion

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Amazon founder Jeff Bezos overtakes Bill Gates to become richest man, worth $105 billion