Jeff Bezos breaks record for most billions added in one day, here's how much he earned

Jeff Bezos, world's richest man ded a whopping $13 billion to his wealth, according to Bloomberg billionaires index. According to reports, latest jump in Bezos's net worth is largest single-day jump ever recorded for an individual since billionaires' index was created in 2012. Bezos, who me his money in techlogy business recorded massive jump in his wealth after his company Amazon Inc's share spiked by 7.9 percent. surge in Amazon's share is reportedly based on predictions that online shopping is going to take a front seat in coming weeks. 

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According to Bloomberg billionaires index, Bezoz's Year-to-Date (YTD) change stands at $74.4 billion as of July 21, despite United States facing one of its worst ecomic crisis in more than a dece. YTD change is earning of an individual or a company from beginning of year to date. Bezos is w worth $189 billion, one of only two persons in world with wealth amounting to three digits in billion USD. second person who earned most this year after Bezos is Tesla founder Elon Musk, who reportedly earned $46.9 billion and has a net worth of $74.5 billion, same amount as Amazon founder earned in seven months. 

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Wife gained too

According to reports, Bezos's wife MacKenzie Scott also recorded a jump of $4.6 billion in her wealth. MacKenzie and Jeff divorced in 2019, following which she became third wealthiest woman in world and is currently 13th richest person overall. divorce settlement was dubbed as most expensive settlement ever, which saw her gain 35 percent of stocks in Amazon Inc. MacKenzie, however, has pledged to give away most of her wealth to charity. She and Jeff have four children toger, of which a daughter y opted from China. 

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Top 10 richest people 

1. Jeff Bezos - $189B

2. Bill Gates - $118B

3. Bernard Arnault - $94.7B

4. Mark Zuckerberg - $93.1B

5. Steve Ballmer - $76.1B

6. Elon R Musk - $74.5B

7. Larry P - $73.8B

8. Mukesh Ambani - $72.1B

9. Warren Buffett - $72.1B

10. Sergey Brin - $71.5B

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(Disclaimer: above information is sourced from various websites/ media reports. website does t guarantee a 100% accuracy of figures)