Who is today the world's richest man, as compared to yesterday?

[NorthStar]

Thanks to Black Friday shoppers @ Amazon:

? http://money.cnn.com/2017/11/24/technology/jeff-bezos-100-billion/

$100 billion for only one man is a lot of money, the richest guy alive on the planet.
That's a 12-digit milestone. Jeff Bezos made almost $2.4 billion on Friday alone.

 

[NorthStar]

* April 4, 2018

Amazon's CEO Jeff Bezos' net worth:
$130.7 billion USD*
2018
Jeff Bezos/Net worth

• https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Bezos

"On October 10, 2017, he made an estimated $6.24 billion* in 5 minutes, slightly less than the entire economic output of Kyrgyzstan.

On March 6, 2018, Bezos was officially designated the wealthiest person in the world with a registered net worth of $112 billion. He unseated Bill Gates ($90 billion) who was $6 billion ahead of Warren Buffett ($84 billion), ranked third. He is considered the first registered centi-billionaire (not adjusted for inflation).

His wealth, in 2017–18 terms, equaled that of 2.7 million Americans. Bezos's net worth increased by $33.6 billion from January 2017 to January 2018. This increase outstripped the economic development (in GDP terms) of more than 96 countries around the world. During March 9, Bezos earned $230,000 every 60-seconds. The Motley Fool estimated that if Bezos had not sold any of his shares from its original public offering in 1997, his net worth would sit at $181 billion in 2018."

* Twice as much what D. Trump is worth today during his entire lifetime;
in only five minutes! Put that in your pipe and smoke it.

 

[DaveC]

World's richest has gotta be this guy:

 

[NorthStar]

But he is unregistered, underground, a world's outlaw, a former secret KGB agent/villain.

° http://time.com/money/4641093/vladimir-putin-net-worth/
° http://www.businessinsider.com/how-putin-spends-his-mysterious-fortune-2017-6
° https://www.cheatsheet.com/money-career/vladimir-putin-net-worth.html/?a=viewall

Nobody knows for sure, $200 billion is just a figure.
And he probably pays no taxes, or knows how to avoid them.

 

[NorthStar]

Today is Amazon Prime Day. Today is Jeff Bezos prime richest man in the world.
@ this rhythm he should hit $200 billions sometime between Christmas and New Years. ...Jeez

? http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-jeff-bezos-richest-20180716-story.html

 

[GaryProtein]

World's richest has gotta be this guy:

YES!

I have heard quotes ranging from $200 to $400 BILLION dollars

 

[NorthStar]

Nobody knows for sure; I've read $70 billion...for Poutine.

• Vladimir Putin · Net worth $70 billion USD (2018)

• Donald Trump - $3.100 billion USD (2018) ...Peanuts (spare change)

 

[Tecknik1]

Jeff Bezos net worth hits $150 billion today, Putin is said to be worth $200 billion or more and the Rothschild minimum $2-5 trillion and could be more then $500 trillion.Now thats some serious coin. How high would $2 trillion in $100 bills be?

 

[NorthStar]

And Putin just got richer (maybe):
• https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/worl...-off-south-korea/ar-AAAgu1A?OCID=ansmsnnews11

$2 trillion in $100 bill? That would be 1,357.32 miles high!

 

[Hi-FiGuy]

I can tell you the Microsoft/Amazon/Starbucks employees that sit at my desk everyday are by far and away not unhappy...

 

[Tecknik1]

For sure Putin will be getting a piece of the treasure.

 

[NorthStar]

"The height of a stack of 1,000,000,000,000 (one trillion) one dollar bills measures 67,866 miles. This would reach more than one fourth the way from the earth to the moon. The height of a stack of 100,000,000,000,000 (one hundred trillion) one dollar bills measures 6,786,616 miles."

So, for $100 bills you would divide 67,866 miles by 100 = 678.66 miles.
And for $2 trillion you would multiply 678.66 by 2 = 1,357.32 miles.

 

[NorthStar]

I can tell you the Microsoft/Amazon/Starbucks employees that sit at my desk everyday are by far and away not unhappy...

I bet.

 

[NorthStar]

For sure Putin will be getting a piece of the treasure.

• http://fortune.com/video/2018/07/18/sunken-russian-warship-had-130-billion-in-gold-on-board/

And just few days ago: http://fortune.com/2018/07/18/diamonds-new-study-quadrillion-tons/
___

That's not all (six years ago):
• https://www.wired.co.uk/article/russian-diamond-smorgasbord
• http://www.bendavidjewelers.com/blo...-of-carats-of-diamonds-say-russian-scientists

Russia has a secure future. But why do they have to cheat in sports?
And why are they experts @ spying and @ hacking?
Beats me!

 

[audioguy]

Wonder what kind of cables Bezos uses (12 gauge zip cord?) - or he just hires an entire orchestra for the evening !!

I wonder what kind of guy Bezos is. He is clearly brilliant in the business sense since he took an on-line book selling company ~20 years ago to the largest (or close to it) retailer in the universe, selling almost anything you can think of and can get it to your door licitly split.

That his lower level employees like him (due to their stock price) doesn't mean he is not an SOB to work for, but I have no idea.

Curious.

 

[Tecknik1]

• http://fortune.com/video/2018/07/18/sunken-russian-warship-had-130-billion-in-gold-on-board/

And just few days ago: http://fortune.com/2018/07/18/diamonds-new-study-quadrillion-tons/
___

Thats not all (six years ago):
• https://www.wired.co.uk/article/russian-diamond-smorgasbord
• http://www.bendavidjewelers.com/blo...-of-carats-of-diamonds-say-russian-scientists

Russia has a secure future. But why do they have to cheat in sports?
And why are they experts @ spying and @ hacking?
Beats me!

Don't forget about the massive corruption, and all the players that get a piece of the pie.

 

[NorthStar]

Wonder what kind of cables Bezos uses (12 gauge zip cord?) - or he just hires an entire orchestra for the evening !!

I wonder what kind of guy Bezos is. He is clearly brilliant in the business sense since he took an on-line book selling company ~20 years ago to the largest (or close to it) retailer in the universe, selling almost anything you can think of and can get it to your door licitly split.

That his lower level employees like him (due to their stock price) doesn't mean he is not an SOB to work for, but I have no idea.

Curious.

I'd like to buy him a coffee and have a chat, just for kick.

 

[NorthStar]

Don't forget about the massive corruption, and all the players that get a piece of the pie.

That must come with the territory. ...A part of their patrimony.
I think it's human nature globally.
Russia just hosted the World Cup...that builds universal character.

 

[NorthStar]

I can tell you the Microsoft/Amazon/Starbucks employees that sit at my desk everyday are by far and away not unhappy...

Strictly business, stock shares, Microsoft value...the latest...fresh news from today, the stock market, NASDAQ:
• https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/microsoft-soars-past-800-billion-121738865.html

 

[NorthStar]

That's nice ...
• https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/bezos-divorce-1.5084640

No fight, no bad feeling, all smile.