The 10 richest people in the world akhmetova rizagul

The 10 richest people in the world

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1. Jeff Bezos

• State: $131 billion
• Change for the year: +$19 billion
• source of state: Amazon.com
• Age: 55 years old
• Country: USA
• In 1994, Jeff Bezos founded the Amazon e-Commerce colossus in his garage. He remains CEO and owns 16% of the shares. In January, he and his wife Mackenzie announced their divorce after 25 years of marriage. The terms of the divorce were not disclosed. McKenzie was Amazon's first accountant. According to Washington state law, she can get up to half of Jeff's assets, making her the richest woman in the world. In 2018, Amazon generated revenue of $ 230 billion and a record net profit of $ 10 billion, compared with $ 3 billion in the previous year. In February, Amazon announced the cancellation of plans to create a second headquarters in long island city, new York, after local lawmakers opposed it. Bezos owns The Washington Post and Blue Origin, an aerospace company that develops the rocket for commercial use.

2. Bill gates

• Fortune: $96.5 billion
• change per year: +$6.5 billion
• source of wealth: Microsoft
• Age: 63
• Country: USA Together with his wife Melinda, bill gates heads the bill and Melinda gates Foundation, the world's largest private charity. The Foundation works to save lives and improve the health of people around the world, including with rotary international to eliminate polio. Gates sold or transferred most of his stake in Microsoft — he owns just over 1% of the shares — and invested in various stocks and other assets. He remains a member of the Board of Directors of Microsoft, a software development firm that he founded with Paul Allen in 1975. In late 2016, gates announced the launch of a $ 1 billion Breakthrough Energy investment Fund with about 20 people participating. To date, gates has donated $ 35.8 billion worth of Microsoft stock to the bill and Melinda gates Foundation.