Jeff Bezos Earns Dangote’s Entire $13bn Net Worth in a Single Day

Jeff Bezos, the world’s richest man and founder of the popular e-commerce company Amazon Inc, gained $13 billion in 24 hours to take his total net worth to a record of $189 billion.

The $13 billion is equivalent to the entire net worth of Aliko Dangote, the Chairman of Dangote Group, and Africa’s richest man cum the richest black man alive.

Bezos, 56, net worth has risen by $74.4 billion this year alone. This was despite parting with a record 19.7 million Amazon shares in July 2019 as part of a divorce settlement for his wife, Mackenzie Bezos.

The 19.7 million shares now worth $63.1 billion just exactly a year later. Making Mackenzie Bezos the world’s 13th richest person and the world’s richest woman.

Dangote suffered a $1.85 billion decline in net worth this year as his total net worth declined from $14.85 billion in 2019 to $13 billion, the exact amount Jeff Bezos gained in the last 24 hours.

Africa’s richest man has lost $1.85 billion from year-to-date and lost $11.4 million in the last 24 hours.

Aliko Dangote presently ranked 129th richest man in the world and also the most ranked black man on the Bloomberg Billionaires’ list.