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Jeff Bezos is now the richest man EVER: Amazon CEO's fortune rockets <tr>
Daily Mail ^
| Jan 09, 2018
| Ariel Zilber
Posted on 01/09/2018 8:54:59 AM PST by Oshkalaboomboom
Jeff Bezos, the newly minted richest man in the world, is now the wealthiest person of all-time after his fortune soared to new heights.
Shares in Amazon hit an all-time high on Monday, which lifted Bezos net worth to a record $105.1billion, according to Bloomberg.
That figure eclipses the $100billion worth that Microsoft boss Bill Gates amassed back in April 1999.
In the last 12 months, Amazons stock has climbed by nearly 57 per cent.
So far in 2018, the e-commerce giants shares have jumped 6.6 per cent.
Amazon continued its dominance over the recent holiday period, grabbing 89 per cent of the online spending market among retailers.
Bezos peak net worth is more than that of Bill Gates, the Microsoft co-founder who crossed the $93billion mark this week.
According to Bloomberg, Gates could easily be worth over $150billion were it not for the hundreds of millions of shares in Microsoft as well as the billions in cash and other assets he has given away to charity.
Aside from Amazon, Bezos is also the owner of The Washington Post.
As of Tuesday just before noon, shares of Amazon were trading at $1,247.91.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Computers/Internet; Miscellaneous; Society
KEYWORDS: bezos; billionaires; top10; wp
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Jeff Bezos is now the richest man EVER: Amazon CEO's fortune rockets to record-breaking $105BILLION after shares hit an all-time highJeff must really be thankful to the Trump administration for creating so much new wealth. I'm sure the WP will have an editorial on it any day now.
To: Oshkalaboomboom
He is still under the Rothchilds.
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posted on
01/09/2018 8:56:05 AM PST
by
bmwcyle
(People who do not study history are destine to believe really ignorant statements.)
To: Oshkalaboomboom
Damn that Trump...................oh! Never mind.
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posted on
01/09/2018 8:57:05 AM PST
by
rktman
(Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
To: Oshkalaboomboom
Does he have any grandkids to kidnap?
To: Oshkalaboomboom
John D Rockefeller was worth 600 billion in todays money.
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posted on
01/09/2018 9:01:16 AM PST
by
Dr. Ursus
To: Oshkalaboomboom
I wish I had that type of success.
But Bezos has always been known as an arrogant hard ass with staff and partners, and I dont think I could be that person.
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posted on
01/09/2018 9:01:35 AM PST
by
VanDeKoik
To: Oshkalaboomboom
When he started his little online book selling business people said he was nuts.
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posted on
01/09/2018 9:05:06 AM PST
by
Slyfox
(Not my circus, not my monkeys)
Comment #8 Removed by Moderator
To: Oshkalaboomboom
Yet Amazon pays virtually no taxes.
And Bezos and his mouthpiece the WaPo argue for more taxes on the little people.
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posted on
01/09/2018 9:13:19 AM PST
by
Uncle Miltie
(Government: Another Gang that steals your money for "Protection".)
To: bmwcyle
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posted on
01/09/2018 9:13:51 AM PST
by
Uncle Miltie
(Government: Another Gang that steals your money for "Protection".)
To: Oshkalaboomboom
What does it matter if you gain the whole world but lose your soul.
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posted on
01/09/2018 9:20:05 AM PST
by
bkopto
To: Dr. Ursus
John D Rockefeller was worth 600 billion in todays money.
>><<
That’s right.
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posted on
01/09/2018 9:21:53 AM PST
by
laplata
(Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
To: VanDeKoik; Oshkalaboomboom; SaveFerris; Roman_War_Criminal
I have a friend who worked for Amazon. He is a retired Colonel and a very smart guy. He didnt last 6 months at Amazon before he quit. He said that Amazon management expected him to treat employees like slaves and as lesser human beings. He thought the cut throat, work insane hours, get ahead at all costs approach that everyone seemed to exhibit came from everyone emulating Bezos and following his lead.
Do I wish I had $105 Billion? Sure. But I wouldnt sell my soul for it.
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posted on
01/09/2018 9:22:44 AM PST
by
SkyPilot
("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
To: Oshkalaboomboom
While some of his employees are on food stamps and the US Postal Service goes bankrupt because of the discounts it gives Amazon.
Pathetic.
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posted on
01/09/2018 9:29:06 AM PST
by
Lopeover
( The 2016 Election is about allegiance to the United States!)
To: Dr. Ursus
“John D Rockefeller was worth 600 billion in todays money.”
Although the lifestyle of welfare Willy of today is much more luxurious than that of Rockefeller
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posted on
01/09/2018 9:30:19 AM PST
by
MNDude
(God is not a Republican, but Satan is certainly a Democrat)
Comment #16 Removed by Moderator
To: Oshkalaboomboom
It’s ok - like all good lefties, I’m sure he’s donating most of that to charities & non-profits...
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posted on
01/09/2018 10:21:31 AM PST
by
jonno
(Having an opinion is not the same as having the answer...)
To: Oshkalaboomboom
Having billions in stock is an interesting thing. He surely has so much that if he ever tried to sell it in large quantities he would drive the price into the toilet. To get the money out at something close to full value he'd have to sell it in small blocks over a long period of time so as not to distort the market. Large institutional holders do something like that when they decide to sell something they have large holdings of. So his portfolio is worth that but if he tried to get to it, it's worth would plummet.
It's a nice problem to have, I'm sure. The thing that must really eat him up is that this huge gain in value is thanks to Trump, who he apparently despises based on his Washington Post.
To: pepsi_junkie
Yeah. Up to a point, you own your fortune. After that, your fortune owns you. But as you say, it’s a nice problem to have.
To: SkyPilot
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posted on
01/09/2018 10:32:02 AM PST
by
SaveFerris
(Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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