Bezos jumps to 2nd place

Jeff Bezos has leapt past Amancio Ortega and Warren Buffett to become the world’s second-richest person.

Bezos added $1.5 billion to his fortune as Amazon.com shares rose $18.32 on Wednesday. Bezos has a net worth of $75.6 billion on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, $700 million more than Berkshire Hathaway’s Buffett and $1.3 billion above Ortega, the founder of Inditex and Europe’s richest person.

Amazon’s founder has added $10.2 billion this year to his wealth.

The rise is the thirdbiggest on the Bloomberg index in 2017, after Chinese parcel-delivery billionaire Wang Wei’s $18.4 billion gain and an $11.4 billion rise for Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg.

Buffett has added $1.7 billion in 2017. Ortega is up $2.1 billion this year.

Bezos remains $10.4 billion behind Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, the world’s richest person with $86 billion.