Bill Gates Surpasses Jeff Bezos as World’s Richest Person: Bloomberg
- Billionaire philanthropist and Microsoft Corp. co-founder, Bill Gates has surpassed Amazon chief executive officer Jeff Bezos to become the world’s richest person on Earth with a net worth of $110 billion, according to the latest Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
- Gates, 64, had briefly topped Bezos (55), whose net worth stands at $109 billion.
- Europe’s richest person, Bernard Arnault, is third with $102.7 billion.
- Reliance Industries Limited Chairman Mukesh Ambani is the richest Indian in the list positioned at 14th spot with net worth of $56.7 billion.