In February, Bezos announced that he would step down as CEO at Amazon in the third quarter of this year to focus on other projects, including space technology firm Blue Origin, the Washington Post newsroom and charities. like Day One Fund. In 2020, the Bezos Earth Fund, with his total investment of $ 10 billion, disbursed $ 791 million to 16 climate change nonprofits.

With a fortune of $ 177 billion, Amazon boss has usurped the title of the richest technology tycoon in the world, surpassing big names like Elon Musk and Bill Gates in the recently published Forbes rankings. 

Based on the change in Bezos’ net worth over the years, Business Insider estimates that Amazon boss makes $ 15,207 per minute, or $ 2,537 in just a short second. In just 60 seconds, the Amazon cofounder makes more than three times the average American worker income in a year (about $ 46,000).

With such a huge fortune, spending $ 1.2 million for Bezos is like a normal person in the US spending $ 1. According to statistics from the US government, an American man with a bachelor’s degree will pocket about $ 2.2 million in his lifetime. Meanwhile, Jeff Bezos, a Princeton University graduate, easily made the money in less than 15 minutes. 

The amount of money that the Amazon owner owns is 38% larger than that of the British Royal, approximately the GDP of one country (Angola) or even three countries combined (Iceland, Afghanistan and Costa Rica).