Amazon’s CEO Jeff Bezos is wealthier than he has ever been. Early Wednesday, he crossed a milestone previously unseen in the nearly four decades Forbes has been tracking the net worth of the richest individuals.
With Amazon stock edging up 2% as of Wednesday afternoon, Bezos’ net worth is up by $4.9 billion, making the 56-year-old the world’s first-ever person to amass a $200 billion fortune.
The Amazon founder is now worth exactly $204.6 billion, nearly $90 billion more than the world’s second-richest person, Bill Gates, who’s currently worth $116.1 billion.
Bezos would be even richer had he not gone through the most expensive divorce settlement in history last July. When he split from ex-wife, MacKenzie Scott. He agreed to give her 25% of his Amazon stake, a chunk of stock now worth $63 billion. Even after giving away $1.7 billion in charitable gifts earlier this year, Scott is currently the world’s 14th richest person and the 2nd richest woman.