Amazon’s Bezos rises on Forbes’ rich roster

Those Amazon Prime memberships add up for Jeff Bezos.

The online retailer’s CEO made more money than anyone else on the planet last year, raking in $ 27.6 billion. That bumped him up to the third spot on Forbes’ annual Billionaires List ranking the world’s richest people.

Reigning champ Bill Gates held onto the No. 1 spot for the fourth year in a row with $ 86 billion, Forbes reported ( up from $ 75 billion last year), and Warren Buffett took the second spot at $ 75.6 billion.

Bezos rounded out the top three with $ 72.8 billion.

President Trump slid dramatically on the list, dropping 220 spots from No. 324 to a 20- way tie for 544th place. America’s first billionaire president is still worth $ 3.5 billion, so No. 544 ain’t too shabby.

It was the first time Forbes recorded more than 2,000 billionaires. Last year saw the biggest year- over- year increase in billionaires since the publication started tracking them 31 years ago.

NINA PROMMER, EUROPEAN PRESSPHOTO AGENCY Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his wife, MacKenzie Bezos, attend an Oscars party.