– Mark Zuckerberg has become
the fourth-richest person in the world
–
He has moved from sixth place to fourth on the world billionaire list in
just one week
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Zuckerberg’s fortune is estimated to be $50 billion
With his net worth of
$50 billion Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has officialy become
the fourth-richest person on Earth.
According to
Bloomberg daily ranking of the world’s richest people, he has
already surpassed Amazon founder Jeff Bezos ($49,1 billion) and Mexican
billionaire Carlos Slim ($49 billion).
Besides, Facebook is also
considered to be the fourth-most valuable company in the world
after Google parent Alphabet, Apple and Microsoft. It has risen 9,5
% in January despite the majority of US stocks were hit hard
last month.
It would be
recalled that on December 1, 2015, Mark and his wife Priscilla Chan
announced the birth of their daughter Maxima Cheng Mingyu.
Shortly afterwards they
pledged to donate 99% of their Facebook shares, currently valued about $45
billion, to the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, their new charitable foundation
with focuses on health and education.
Meanwhile, Microsoft
founder, philanthropist and investor Bill Gates remains the world’s
richest person, with a net worth of $78,7 billion.
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