Yes, since Friday 27 October 2017, Jeff Bezos became the richest man in the world. This happened because Bezos got an extra $ 7 billion a night.
As quoted CNBC, Monday (10/30/2017), Amazon's stock value jumped after publishing its earnings report.
Based on CNBC calculations and Bloomberg Billionaires Index data, the founding wealth of SpaceX travel spaceX company is expected to surpass US $ 90 billion.
Jeff Bezos is legitimate to be the richest man in the world to replace Bill Gates, who now occupies the position of the second richest man in the world.
Just be aware, this is not the first time Bezos became the richest man in the world. Previously he had been the richest man in the world last July. However, the next day the value of the Amzon stock went down so that the position of the richest man remained at Bill Gates.
Actually not only increased the wealth of Bezos, but also the Gates page that says, the value of Microsoft stock soared and this makes the wealth of Gates increased US $ 550 million to US $ 88.5 billion. When compared, the property bezos more.