BLOOMBERG tracks the fortunes of some 2,800 billionaires. Of those, 145 are worth at least US$10 billion, making them decabillionaires. Now, the world contains two centibillionaires simultaneously. Read more at The Business Times.
Microsoft Corp co-founder Bill Gates , once the world's richest person, has again eclipsed the US$100 billion threshold, joining Amazon.com Inc's Jeff Bezos in the exclusive club, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.BLOOMBERG tracks the fortunes of some 2,800 billionaires. Of those, 145 are worth at least US$10 billion, making them decabillionaires. Now, the world contains two centibillionaires simultaneously.
Microsoft Corp co-founder Bill Gates, once the world's richest person, has again eclipsed the US$100 billion threshold, joining Amazon.com Inc's Jeff Bezos in the exclusive club, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. Mr Gates's fortune, now US$100 billion on the nose, has not reached such heights since the dot-com boom, when Mr Bezos was only beginning his march up the world's wealth rankings. The Amazon founder is now worth US$145.6 billion, having added US$20.7 billion this year alone, while Mr Gates has gained US$9.5 billion.These two fortunes underscore a widening wealth gap in the US, where those with the most capital are accumulating riches the fastest. It is also a worldwide trend.
Mr Bezos, meanwhile, may be about to cede some of his fortune for a different reason: he and his wife Mackenzie are divorcing. BLOOMBERG
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