9 mind-blowing facts that show just how wealthy Jeff Bezos, the world's richest man, really is

Katie Warren

May 2, 2019 2:06 PM

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1. Bezos is worth $121 billion despite being paid an annual salary of just $81,840, less than what most US representatives take home.

Jeff Bezos is the richest person in the world.
The Amazon CEO is worth an estimated $121 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index .
Here are nine mind-blowing facts that show just how wealthy Bezos really is, from how much money he makes per second to how much richer he is than the British royal family.
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Jeff Bezos is the richest person on the planet. Worth an estimated $121 billion, the Amazon CEO is $16 billion richer than the world's next-richest person , Bill Gates.

Bezos even retained his ranking as the world's richest person following his divorce from MacKenzie Bezos, after which she kept a 4% stake in Amazon worth roughly $35.7 billion, making her the third-richest woman in the world.

Although his annual salary is only $81,840 , most of Bezos' wealth comes from his Amazon shares. The world's richest man makes $2,489 per second more than twice what the median US worker makes in one week, according to calculations by Business Insider.

Here are nine mind-blowing facts that show just how wealthy Bezos really is.

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