3. Jeff Bezos – $72.8 Billion
Jeff Bezos is the founder of Amazon.com, starting off his business with the idea of selling books online and having the company grow exponentially through the years. Nowadays, Amazon sells anything and everything online but it’s the cloud-computing unit and web services feature that truly caused a bump in the retailer’s stock. In 2015, the Amazon company reached a stellar amount in annual sales at $100 billion. As of 2017, Bezos had an estimated net worth of $72.8 billion. Besides Amazon, Bezos has an aerospace company called, Blue Origin. The ultimate goal of Blue Origin is to develop and produce a rocket that will allow for casual space travel. He also made headlines in 2013 when he ultimately purchased The Washington Post for $250 million.
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