Amazon’s Bezos on Brink of Becoming World’s Wealthiest

Guardian: Just a few dollars more on the Amazon share price and the world will have a new richest man. Jeff Bezos, the company’s founder, is on the brink of overtaking Bill Gates to become the wealthiest person on the planet. Bezos, 53, has been having a very good year. His net worth has risen by almost $20 billion in the past five months to $85.2 billion.