New story in Business from Time: Jeff Bezos Is Now the Richest Person on Earth With Over $100 Billion
(SAN FRANCISCO) — Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has become the first person to amass a fortune surpassing $100 billion in Forbes magazine’s annual ranking of the world’s moguls. The milestone announced Tuesday underscores the growing clout of Bezos and the company he founded in 1994 as an online bookstore. These days, Amazon sells almost everything …