to appear on The Forbes 400 list of richest Americans in October 2018, with a net worth of $160 billion. Before that, Microsoft cofounder-turned-philanthropist Bill Gates had long held the number one spot. Now, Bezos is $70.2 billion richer than Gates, who is the second richest person in the world, worth $110.4 billion.
Bezos transferred a quarter of his Amazon stake to his ex-wife, MacKenzie Bezos, as part of their divorce settlement, which was finalized in the summer of 2019. MacKenzie Bezos is now worth $59.8 billion, making her the second wealthiest woman on the planet. Had Jeff Bezos held onto those shares, his net worth would be around $240 billion today.
Since April, Amazon and Bezos have received backlash for providing inadequate safety and working conditions amid the pandemic. Warehouse employees began to publicly protest the lack of safety protocols, with a few claiming that workers were not notified when colleagues had been diagnosed with Covid-19. Amazon tech employees thenIn response, Amazon has worked hard to convince the public it has made sufficient changes to its workplace conditions.
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You nasty
I’m pretty sure this pandemic helped propel him to that record breaking net worth.
Too many haters in these comments 🤣🤣. Jealousy is really nasty 🤮
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So what. From today he will eat 6 meals?
darrenrovell How much would he be worth if he owned it all?!?
BOYCOTT AMAZON! Why not order directly from the vendor after using Amazon as a directory? FAKE NEWS:
darrenrovell I’d cash in
marcalainb carelpedre AdoAdo02 slimsamee_ a selman 11.1% wi.... hmmm
That one person can amount THAT much wealth seems obscene - and morally questionable.
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He’s white. Go figure?
Wish I had a few shares in Amazon.... Dream on!
Nice.
Money is a dead matter. How can a dead matter be able to evaluate a living matter, the human being ? We have started with the wrong assumptions, and unfortunately we do not question them, we take them for granted. We are prisoniers of our own mistakes.
darrenrovell Only in last 40 years? How about in history. Who has made more?
The rich get richer, and the rest of us get masks and unemployment checks. Congratulations JeffBezos you should be proud of yourself.
darrenrovell darrenrovell what he stayed married
darrenrovell And I can’t get a measly 1 million from him for a good cause cheap skate
And Amazon paid no taxes; American capitalism is seriously broken.
He’s white. Go figure.
This is actually an understatement, although he is personally worth that much the true Bezos family fortune now shared between himself and his ex wife just surpassed a quarter TRILLION dollars. Meanwhile Americans are getting poorer.
That's the record..👍 Congratulations
And Trump0 is bankrupt.
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Are we supposed to celebrate this while American children starve?
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