Jeff Bezos

 Jeff Bezos is an American philanthropist, businessman and space explorer most likely best known for his creation of Amazon.com. Jeff Bezos, the founder, chief executive officer and president of Amazon.com is also the chairman of its board. The company's founder first broke the record of Bill Gates in terms of wealth in July of 2017. He was the richest person in the world with no interruption between October 2017 and January 2021.According to the most recent SEC report, Jeff owns 55 million shares of Amazon approximately 12 percent of the total shares outstanding. At the time of his peak, he owned the equivalent of 80 million shares in Amazon. Jeff gave 19.7 million shares of Amazon to his wife as part of the agreement to divorce in April with MacKenzie Bezos. At the time of the transfer, the shares were worth 36 billion dollars. Jeff's net worth fluctuated from $150 billion down to $114 billion following the settlement. Jeff was also an early pre-IPO investor in Google.com and holds around $1 billion shares in the company now known as Alphabet Inc.This was before the divorce and he held the equivalent of 80 million shares. At that valuation Jeff's net worth reached an all-time record of $170 billion.