Jeff Bezos Becomes The First Person In The World To Be Worth $200 Billion

That helped elevate Bezos' worth to around $202 billion.

This year has been an absolute boon for the CEO, who has seen his net worth rise by around $87 billion (£65bn), partly due to the increased reliance on Amazon during the coronavirus pandemic.

The pandemic has also paid massive dividends to Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who added $73.6 billion (£55.7bn) to his fortune.

Bezos' staggering amount of worth puts him well clear of his closest competitor and former richest man on the planet, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, who is worth around $124 billion (£93.9bn). Hardly a figure to scoff at, but it's certainly lower than Bezos.

Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg is hot on the tails of Gates, with his net worth to be valued at around $115 billion (£87bn).

While it was only little more than a week ago, it was when the Amazon CEO was in the measly $100 billion value club, with his net worth was estimated to be around $197.8 billion (£149.7bn).

Oh, and this is good news for Bezos' ex-wife MacKenzie as well.

MacKenzie Scott received a quarter of Bezos' Amazon stake in part of their huge divorce settlement last year, meaning that she increased her net worth by $2 billion.

That makes her currently the second richest woman in the world, with a fortune of $66.2 billion (£50bn).

Scott has been fairly charitable with her wealth, and claims to have given just less than $1.7 billion to 116 different not-for-profit organisations across the United States of America.