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Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos finally overtook Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates as the world's richest person according to Bloomberg Bezos squeaked past Gates's ninety point seven billion dollar worth with ninety point nine billion during intraday trading on the stock market the morning of July 27 2017 the swap broke gates for a year plus streak is the world's richest and it marks the very first time Bezos has held the top spot Bezos gained quite a bit of ground in the first half of 2017 adding twenty four point five billion dollars to his net worth rounding out the top five according to current Bloomberg rankings our clothing magnate Amancio Ortega Berkshire Hathaway Chairman Warren Buffett and Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg Bezos has come a long way to snag the top spot starting Amazon out of his garage in 1994 and building it into what it is today he's also the founder of Blue Origin a private spaceflight company and the owner of The Washington Post he should enjoy the view for as long as he can Amazon earnings and stock prices can either keep him on top for a long time or pull him back down into the number-two spot behind gates either way it's a big milestone for the tech Titan for more check out cnet.com