Jeff Bezos: 5 Things To Know About the Amazon CEO Who May Soon Be The World’s Richest Person hollywoodlife.com

Amazon founder & CEO Jeff Bezos is just $4 billion away from knocking off Bill Gates as the world’s richest person. We’ve got five things to know about the brilliant businessman.After founding Amazon.com in his garage in 1994, Jeff Bezos is now poised to become the richest person in the world thanks to some savvy investments and business moves. He just announced the company would be purchasing the Whole Foods market chain for a whopping $13 billion, causing Amazon’s stock to surge to an all-time high of $1,017 on June 19, making his net worth at $86 BILLION dollars! Microsoft founder Bill Gates, 61, has long been the richest man on the planet, but his $90 billion net worth could soon be eclipsed by Jeff. We’ve got five things to know about the savvy 53-year-old entrepreneur.