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With a fortune of over $90 billion, Jeff Bezos is the world’s richest person, according to Bloomberg.
A surge in shares of Amazon early Thursday launched Amazon’s founder, 53, past Bill Gates to the top of the world’s wealthiest list for the first time. Although he’s been a billionaire for more than two decades, it’s a feat likely never imagined by the New Mexico native with very humble beginnings.
Bezos’ mother, Jackie, was a teenager when she became pregnant, according to Wired. Shortly before giving birth in January 1964, the 17-year-old married 18-year-old Cuban immigrant Mike Bezos, who formally adopted the baby.
A surge in shares of Amazon early Thursday launched Amazon’s founder, 53, past Bill Gates to the top of the world’s wealthiest list for the first time. Although he’s been a billionaire for more than two decades, it’s a feat likely never imagined by the New Mexico native with very humble beginnings.
Bezos’ mother, Jackie, was a teenager when she became pregnant, according to Wired. Shortly before giving birth in January 1964, the 17-year-old married 18-year-old Cuban immigrant Mike Bezos, who formally adopted the baby.
- 7/27/2017
- by Stephanie Petit
- PEOPLE.com
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