The amazon founders net worth soared to an all-time high of $228 billion on wednesday, per bloombergs billionaires index. · about $24 billion was added to jeff bezos ’ net worth on friday as amazon shares surged to a record high, fueled by an earnings report that bested wall street’s expectations with “strong. Other people who have had the title since the year 2000 include larry ellison, bernard arnault, jeff bezos , bill gates, amancio ortega, carlos slim and warren buffett. Timeline of the worlds richest person this is a timeline of the wealthiest person in the world. · the world’s richest man reached a record $211 billion net worth tuesday after amazon. com shares rose 4. 7%. · jeff bezos is the richest hes ever been. Forbes’ real-time billionaires rankings tracks the daily ups and downs of the world’s richest people. According to forbes, as of december 2025, bezos s estimated net worth is us$239. 4 billion, making him the fourth richest person in the world. As of september 2025, the worlds richest person is elon musk. [3] he was the wealthiest person from 2017 to 2021, according to forbes and the bloomberg billionaires index. [4] bezos was born in albuquerque and raised in houston and miami. Here are the top 10 richest people in the world, from tesla cheif elon musk to former microsoft ceo steve ballmer. The wealth-tracking platform provides ongoing updates on the net worth and ranking of. Amazons stock reached.