Jeff Bezos, who owns 11.1% of Amazon, is now worth a record-breaking $182.6 billion — the highest net worth Forbes has recorded in nearly four decades of tracking billionaires
to appear on The Forbes 400 list of richest Americans in October 2018, with a net worth of $160 billion. Before that, Microsoft cofounder-turned-philanthropist Bill Gates had long held the number one spot. Now, Bezos is $70.2 billion richer than Gates, who is the second richest person in the world, worth $110.4 billion.
Bezos transferred a quarter of his Amazon stake to his ex-wife, MacKenzie Bezos, as part of their divorce settlement, which was finalized in the summer of 2019. MacKenzie Bezos is now worth $59.8 billion, making her the second wealthiest woman on the planet. Had Jeff Bezos held onto those shares, his net worth would be around $240 billion today.
Since April, Amazon and Bezos have received backlash for providing inadequate safety and working conditions amid the pandemic. Warehouse employees began to publicly protest the lack of safety protocols, with a few claiming that workers were not notified when colleagues had been diagnosed with Covid-19. Amazon tech employees thenIn response, Amazon has worked hard to convince the public it has made sufficient changes to its workplace conditions.
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