Bezos’ Iconic Laugh, Photo: Steve Jurvetson /Wikimedia Commons
Headlines competed against one another as Americans began the holiday shopping season with a spree across the product stream on Black Friday – doorbusters, raging consumerism, gadgets, clothes, scuffles and so on..
But it was Amazon chief Jeff Bezos who made the most of the sales bonanza.
The founder of the tech giant and online retailer hit the magic figure of $ 100 billion in fortune with a $ 2.4 billion jump. Amazon’s shares are up 2 percent.
According to Bloomberg Bezos’ total worth has now rocketed to $100.3 billion.
Microsoft chief Bill Gates was the last person to climb to the $ 100 billion mark in 1999.
Bezos’s wealth has leapt up by $32.6 billion this year, enabling the 53-year-old CEO to lift his net worth to 12-digit figure.
Gates, who has amassed $ 86.8 billion in fortune is the second richest person while Warren Buffett is the world’s third wealthiest person with a $78.9 billion worth.
