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Is Jeff Bezos on course to become the world's first trillionaire?

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he world's richest man is getting even wealthier amid the coronavirus pandemic., the founder and boss of e-commerce giant , saw his wealth grow yet again this week after Amazon's shares jumped 8 per cent on Monday, with . The 56-year-old now has a fortune of $205bn, according to Forbes' real-time tracker of billionaires' wealth.Here’s everything you need to know about the man behind one of the world’s most successful companies:Bezos was born in 1964 in New Mexico.He was later educated at Princeton, one of the US' prestigious Ivy League colleges, where he studied computer science and electrical engineering before graduating in 1986.After subsequently working for a string of Wall Street firms for a number of years, Bezos went on to found Amazon in 1994 with about $100,000 in personal and family money.Bezos' wealth is closely tied to Amazon's development from a disruptive start-up into a commercial titan which today employs hundreds of thousands of people.He currently owns an approximately 11 per cent stake in the company, which started as an online bookshop before developing into a platform that facilitated the sale of a vast array of products.It has also widely diversified and is now involved with entertainment, logistics, payments, hardware, and data storage, among other things.In September 2018, it (£779bn). Technology giant .In addition to his stake in Amazon, Bezos also owns space company Blue Origin and US newspaper The Washington Post.According to a recent survey from Comparisun, a content and comparison platform for small and medium-sized businesses, Bezos could become the world’s first trillionaire by 2026.The company bases its "trillion dollar club" projections on data concerning the market capitalisation of the 25 highest-valued companies on the New York Stock Exchange and the net worth of the world’s 25 wealthiest people, according to Forbes, over the past five years.Comparisun also forecast that Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg could become the youngest trillionaire in the world 10 years later in 2036, when he will be 51 years old.​Sign up for exclusive newsletters, comment on stories, enter competitions and attend events.ALREADY HAVE AN ACCOUNT? NEED AN ACCOUNT?

he world's richest man is getting even wealthier amid the coronavirus pandemic., the founder and boss of e-commerce giant , saw his wealth grow yet again this week after Amazon's shares jumped 8 per cent on Monday, with . The 56-year-old now has a fortune of $205bn, according to Forbes' real-time tracker of billionaires' wealth.Here’s everything you need to know about the man behind one of the world’s most successful companies:Bezos was born in 1964 in New Mexico.He was later educated at Princeton, one of the US' prestigious Ivy League colleges, where he studied computer science and...

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