Jeff Bezos
18 Aug 2017
‘The race is on – the rat race. Everyone wants to get rich – very rich and quickly too. Gone are the days when people believed in the natural principles of sowing seeds, watering...
9 Aug 2017
Even if it was for a day, or less he made history by upstaging Bill Gates as the world’s richest man. That was at the end of July 2017.
5 Aug 2017
Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO of global technology and retail giant Amazon.com, surpassed Bill Gates on Thursday (July 29, 2017) to become the richest person in the world, with a net worth of $90.9 billion over Bill Gates...
28 Jul 2017
Amazon.com Inc. founder Jeff Bezos surpassed Bill Gates as the world’s richest person on Thursday -- at least for a few hours.
27 Jul 2017
A surge in Amazon.com Inc. shares Thursday morning in advance of the online retailer’s earnings report has propelled founder Jeff Bezos past Bill Gates as the world’s richest person.
11 Mar 2017
I know that many people would be wondering the reason for the title of this piece. I did a thorough survey and analysis of the sources of wealth of the 10 richest men in the world...
16 Jan 2017
Eight men own the same wealth as the poorest half of the world's population, a level of inequality which "threatens to pull our societies apart", Oxfam said on Monday ahead of the World Economic Forum opening in Davos.
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27 Jul 2016
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