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Jeff Bezos becomes first man worth over $200 billion: Forbes

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2020/life/08/27/20200827-jeff-bezos-afp.jpg"/><figcaption>Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos testifies via video conference, before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial and Administrative Law hearing on &quot;Online Platforms and Market Power&quot; in the Rayburn House office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on July 29, 2020. Mandel Ngan / POOL / AFP</figcaption></figure></div>MANILA - The founder and CEO of e-commerce behemoth Amazon is now worth $200 billion, cementing his claim to being the richest person in the world, <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonathanponciano/2020/08/26/worlds-richest-billionaire-jeff-bezos-first-200-billion/#636e16ad4db7">Forbes</a> said.Bezos, Forbes said, &quot;crossed a milestone previously unseen in the nearly four decades Forbes has been tracking net worths.&quot;&quot;With Amazon stock edging up 2 percent as of Wednesday afternoon, Bezos&#x27; net worth is up by $4.9 billion, making the 56-year-old the world&#x27;s first-ever person to amass a $200 billion fortune.&quot;Forbes said that as of 1:50 p.m. EDT on Wednesday (1:50 a.m. Manila, Thursday) Bezos was worth $204.6 billion. The second-richest man, Bill Gates, meanwhile is worth $116.1 billion, or almost $90 billion behind Bezos, according to Forbes.&quot;Even adjusting for inflation, Forbes believes Bezos&#x27; fortune is the largest ever amassed.&quot; <ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/02/18/20/amazons-jeff-bezos-launches-10-b-fund-to-combat-climate-change">Amazon&#x27;s Jeff Bezos launches $10-B fund to combat climate change</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/10/23/19/amazons-bezos-leads-team-to-build-moon-lander">Amazon&#x27;s Bezos leads team to build moon lander</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/07/06/19/amazon-founder-bezos-divorce-final-with-38-billion-settlement">Amazon founder Bezos&#x27; divorce final with $38-billion settlement</a></li></ul>

The founder and CEO of e-commerce behemoth Amazon is now worth $200 billion, cementing his claim to being the richest person in the world, Forbes said.

The founder and CEO of e-commerce behemoth Amazon is now worth $200 billion, cementing his claim to being the richest person in the world, Forbes said.