Amazon's Jeff Bezos Is Close to Dethroning Bill Gates as the World's Richest Man
Move over, Bill Gates.
Amazon (AMZN) - Get Report founder Jeff Bezos' net worth is roughly $10 billion away from eclipsing the net worth Microsoft (MSFT) - Get Report founder Bill Gates.
Gates has held the world's richest title on and off since 1995.
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