Amazon briefly overtook Microsoft to be 3rd most valuable firm
Amazon on Wednesday surpassed Microsoft for the first time to become the world's third most valuable company. Microsoft, however, took back its position a day later and now stands behind Apple ($860 billion) and Google ($745 billion). Amazon's Jeff Bezos is currently the world's richest person with $120.9 billion net worth, nearly $30 billion more than Microsoft Co-founder Bill Gates.