Top richest person in the world 2018

Name: Jeff Bezos

CEO and Founder, Amazon.com

Born Jeffrey Preston Jorgensen. January 12, 1964. age 54. Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.

Alma mater Princeton University.

Occupation Technology and retail entrepreneur and investor.

Known for Founder of Amazon.com

Spouse(s) MacKenzie Tuttle.

Theirs  Four Children

REAL TIME NET WORTH $120.2 Billion

2017 BILLIONAIRES NET WORTH  $72.8 Billion

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Amazon's chief Jeff Bezos became the richest man in the world in late October 2017, according to Forbes.

He owns 16% of Amazon, which he founded in a garage in Seattle in 1994.

Bezos attended Princeton and worked at a hedge fund before quitting to sell books online.

His other passion is space travel: His aerospace company, Blue Origin, is developing a reusable rocket that Bezos says will carry passengers.

Bezos purchased The Washington Post in 2013 for $250 million.