Jeff Bezos rockets to richest person on the planet


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  • Monday, 12 Mar 2018

(FILES) In this file photo taken on January 29, 2018 Chief Executive Officer of Amazon, Jeff Bezos, tours the facility at the grand opening of the Amazon Spheres, in Seattle, Washington.  Jeff Bezos is officially the richest person on the planet thanks to the success of Amazon -- but his bold vision extends to space and even time itself.With Amazon's share price up nearly 60 percent during the past year, the personal wealth of the company's 54-year-old founder has doubled to more than $110 billion. / AFP PHOTO / JASON REDMOND

SAN FRANCISCO: Jeff Bezos is officially the richest person on the planet thanks to the success of Amazon – but his bold vision extends to space and even time itself. 

With Amazon’s share price up nearly 60% during the past year, the personal wealth of the company’s 54-year-old founder has doubled to more than US$110bil (RM429.66bil). 

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