9 interesting facts about the wealth of The Richest man on the planet

The CEO of Amazon is the richest man in the world. The analysis below will prove it.

1. Jeff Bezos is the richest person on the planet with a fortune of 121 billion USD, more than the second ranked person - Bill Gates - 16 billion USD.

2. Bezos' income comes mainly from Amazon shares, in fact his salary at Amazon is only $81,840 per year. 

Every second, the richest person on the planet earns $2,489, twice the average weekly income of an American worker. This means that every minute, the billionaire earns 3 times the average annual income of the American people (about 47,000 USD according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics).

3. The No. 1 position of the Amazon leader in the billionaire ranking has not changed even after Jeff divorced his wife MacKenzie Bezos - one of the first Amazon employees.

MacKenzie will receive a 4% stake in Amazon that is worth $35.7 billion, making her the world’s third richest woman, after L'Oreal heiress Francoise Bettencourt Meyers and Walmart's Alice Walton. 

4. With $121 billion, Bezos' fortune is equal to 30% of the total assets of the 100 richest universities in the United States.

The CEO of Amazon's fortune is even greater than the total assets of the top 3 universities including Harvard University ($ 38.3 billion), University of Texas System ($ 30.9 billion) and Yale University ($ 29.4 billion), even having a surplus of up to 22 billion USD.

5. Bezos is so rich to the point that when the average American spends 1 USD, it is equivalent to him spending 1.2 million USD. This figure is the result of dividing Bezos' $121 billion fortune by the median annual income of $97,300 per American household.

6. The CEO of Amazon is 30% richer than the British Royal Family. According to Forbes estimates, the British royal family's fortune is $88 billion in 2017.

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7. The property of the richest person on the planet is equivalent to the gross domestic product of Angola. It should be noted that half of Angola's GDP comes from oil revenues, which account for more than 90% of the value of its exports.

8. Bezos' net worth is greater than the GDP of Iceland, Afghanistan and Costa Rica combined. Specifically, the respective GDP of each of these countries is 31.6 billion, 22.9 billion and 64.9 billion USD

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9. According to the US Social Security Administration, the average American with a bachelor's degree earns $2.2 million in a lifetime. Bezos does this in just 15 minutes. Accordingly, the boss of Amazon graduated from Princeton University. 

Source: Cafebiz