Fortune (June 19)
Amazon’s all-time high stock price put founder Jeff Bezos ”about $4 billion away from overtaking Gates, who is worth about $90 billion…. Since Bezos net worth is largely tied to his 78.9 million shares of Amazon, becoming the world’s richest person is completely within the realm of possibility. After all, his net worth has already shot up by $19.3 billion in the last six months thanks to strong earnings and growing investor confidence in the economy, sending Amazon’s stock 35% higher since the start of the year.”
Tags: Amazon, Bezos, Confidence, Earnings, Economy, Gates, Investor, Net worth, Stock price, World's richest
Boston Globe (December 12)
Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook, is among the latest to commit to the Giving Pledge. Warren Buffet and Bill Gates launched the Pledge, which asks the rich to donate at least half of their fortunes to charity. The Globe finds it “reassuring that many of America’s wealthiest business people seem willing to step up and answer the call.”
Tags: Buffet, Facebook, Gates, Giving pledge, Zuckerberg
