The founder of Amazon for the day lost the title of the richest man in the world
Photo: twitter / Jeff Bezos @JeffBezo
Founder and CEO of the largest online store Amazon Jeff Bezos lost the title of the richest man in the world in just one day. This is evidenced by the indicators of the online counter Forbes.
Bezos stayed on the first line of the ranking for only one day. Then the founder again became the leader. Microsoft Bill Gates, whose fortune is estimated at 89 billions 800 million dollars. At the same time, Bezos lost 543 millions of dollars, and his fortune dropped to 88 billions 700 million dollars.
The reason was the publication of statements Amazon for the second quarter 2017 of the year. According to the documents, the company's revenue increased by 25% compared with this period a year earlier and amounted to 38 billions of dollars. At the same time, net profit fell by 77% and amounted to 197 million dollars. How to compare The VergeIn the second quarter of the year, the figure was 2016 million dollars. Against the background of the publication of the report shares Amazon dropped from 1083,31 dollars (maximum price per day) to 1014 dollars (by 3%).
Note that on the third line of the richest people rating is the director of the holding Inditex Amancio Ortega with a fortune of 82,7 billion dollars.
Recall Bezos first appeared in the ratings Forbes in the 1998 year, one year after being launched Amazon, with a fortune of 1,6 billion dollars. Forbes started tracking billionaires around the world in 1987 year.
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