Jeff Bezos is worth a whopping $193.9 billion, according to Forbes. And while that is enough to buy him a flight into space, a 500-foot-tall, $10,000 "long-term thinking" mechanical clock, and The Washington Post, it is apparently not enough to make him the richest person in the world anymore. Somehow, there is a man out there that is worth even more than $193.9 billion, and his name is Bernard Arnault...
Jeff Bezos is worth a whopping $193.9 billion, according to Forbes. And while that is enough to buy him a flight into space, a 500-foot-tall, $10,000 "long-term thinking" mechanical clock, and The Washington Post, it is apparently not enough to make him the richest person in the world anymore. Somehow, there is a man out there that is worth even more than $193.9 billion, and his name is Bernard Arnault...
What do the richest people in the world have in common, aside from owning suits worth more than your life savings? How is it that some people amass wealth greater than the GDPs of many countries? Does it come from hard work, frugality, and good business sense? Are they all eccentric geniuses with unique approaches to work and life? Were they simply born rich to begin with?
Forbes released its list of the world's richest people in March of 2019 and it's bad news for the billionaire set. The total number of billionaires on planet Earth was down by 55, bringing the total to just 2,153, or roughly 0.000028% of the world's population. Let's all pause for a moment and shed a tear for those poor ex-billionaires...
$1 trillion, according to Investopedia, is the nominal GDP of Mexico, and is enough cash to buy Apple and Google outright. Mind-boggling? For sure…
In May 2020, with surging Amazon stock prices, a heated debate took over the internet for a few days about Jeff Bezos becoming the world's first…
