Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon and the world's wealthiest retailer, is investing a staggering $42 million in the construction of a clock within a mountain in West Texas.

Amazon tycoon Jeff Bezos commits $42 million to Danny Hillis' visionary 10,000-year clock

Amazon's founder and CEO and world's richest man Jeff Bezos has become wealthier than he has ever been. He has become the first billionaire in modern history to cross the $200 billion net worth.

Amazon's Jeff Bezos becomes first billionaire in modern history to cross the $200 billion net worth: Report

Facebook stocks leapt over six per cent on Thursday as the social networking giant launched Instagram's new feature Reels helping founder Mark Zuckerberg's net worth to surge to $100 billion.

Zuckerberg's net worth zooms to $100 billion amid launch of Instagram Reels; joins Gates, Bezos in elite club

Nations across the globe have witnessed the severe impact of the coronavirus pandemic on their economy, but American billionaires see a jump on their wealth. The combined wealth of US billionaires that include Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, and Elon Musk surged by more than $565 billion or 19% since the beginning of the outbreak in the country, as per a report published by the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS).

US billionaires get richer during coronavirus pandemic, combined wealth soar by half a trillion