Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos Briefly Became the World’s Third-Richest Person

Jul 23, 2016, 12:28 AM

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[f500link]Amazon[/f500link] CEO Jeff Bezos briefly became the third-richest person in the world on Friday, surpassing billionaire investor Warren Buffett for the first time.

By noon on Friday, Bezos' net worth had reached $65 billion, which put him $300 million ahead of Buffett, Forbes reports. But when markets closed on Friday, his net worth had fallen to $64.6 billion, which returned the upper hand to Buffett by $400 million.