Jeff Bezos is now $50 billion richer than Bill Gates
World's richest person and Amazon Founder Jeff Bezos is now over $50 billion richer than world's second richest person and Microsoft Co-founder Bill Gates. Bezos' wealth has hit $144.4 billion, while Gates' wealth is at $93.4 billion, according to Forbes. The difference between their net worths is almost equal to Google Co-founder Sergey Brin's entire wealth of $52.1 billion.