Jeff Bezos Fortune Just Topped 202 Billion For The First Time

Jeff and MacKenzie Bezos announced their separation in January 2019. On the day of their separation (when Jeff still owned 16% of AMZN), his net worth was $150 billion. On April 4, 2019, Jeff and MacKenzie announced that they had reached an amicable resolution where he would hand over 4% of that 16% stake. Jeff’s net worth was immediately reduced to $115 billion, while MacKenzie instantly became one of the wealthiest people on the planet with a net worth of $36 billion. Jeff’s stake has since dropped from 12% to 11%. So, YES this is the first time Jeff’s net worth has topped $200 billion. But here’s the caveat – Had Jeff and MacKenzie never divorced, his net worth would have topped $200 billion for the first time back on June 8, 2020 when AMZN’s market cap topped $1.25 trillion for the first time. If you can do some simple math, you might see where I’m heading. Had Jeff and MacKenzie never divorced, today Jeff Bezos would have a net worth of:

$268 billion

Instead he has $202 billion, which easily makes him the richest person in the world. He is literally $77 billion richer than second-richest person in the world, Bill Gates, who has a paltry $125 billion net worth. But there’s a caveat with Bill Gates: Bill has given more than $50 billion away to charity already. Had he not done that, his net worth would be around $175 billion. Still less than Jeff Bezos’ $202 billion, but not quite as shockingly different. And while we’re talking about billionaires who have given away massive fortunes, Warren Buffet would have a net worth of $118 billion today (instead of $81 billion) had he not donated approximately $37 billion to various charities and foundations. As of this writing, MacKenzie is the richest woman in the world, with a net worth of $67 billion. How does Jeff stack up against the richest human beings of all time inflation adjusted? At $202 billion, Jeff is $17 billion richer than Anderson Cooper’s great-great-great-grandfather, Cornelius Vanderbilt, who had an inflation-adjusted peak net worth of $185 billion. He is $3 billion richer than Henry Ford’s $199 billion inflation-adjusted peak fortune. Unfortunately, Jeff still has quite a way to climb before he tops Andrew Carnegie’s $310 billion inflation-adjusted fortune and John D. Rockefeller’s $340 billion. He’s roughly 50% of the way to Mansa Musa’s $400 billion net worth. So he has some goals to hit still! Congrats to Jeff on hitting $202 billion. It’s honestly hard to fathom.