Meet the world's 5 richest people

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos on Thursday became the world's richest person, as a jump in the share price of the US tech giant enabled him to overtake Microsoft founder Bill Gates, 'Forbes' magazine estimated.

The magazine said its real-time tracking of personal fortunes showed Bezos with a net worth of $90.5 billion, ahead of the $90 billion for Gates.

Here are the world's richest people today.
Jeff Bezos

Net Worth: $90.5 billion

He owns nearly 17% of Amazon. com. Bezos boasted at the 2016 shareholders meeting that Amazon is the fastest company ever to reach $100 billion in annual sales, which it cleared in 2015.
Bill Gates

Net Worth: $90 billion

With his wife Melinda, Bill Gates chairs the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the world's largest private charitable foundation.
Amancio Ortega

Net Worth: $83.5 billion

Ortega is the richest man in Europe and the wealthiest retailer in the world.
Warren Buffett

Net Worth: $74.4 billion

Known as the "Oracle of Omaha," Buffett is one of the most successful investors of all time.
Mark Zuckerberg

Net Worth: $70.7 billion

The Facebook CEO has seen his net worth soar as the social network's stock price has skyrocketed.

However according to Forbes' real-time ranking Bezos did not hold on to the coveted top spot for long - as Gates quickly caught up, worth a cool $89.7 billion, while Bezos fell to number two worth $88.8 billion.

with inputs from AFP
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Source: Khaleej Times