Jeff Bezos has ” retired ” this week and will shortly get on his own rocket to be able to travel to space , but he will do so knowing that he is the richest man in history , a “title” that he just achieved after its assets have grown to $ 211 million .
Jeff Bezos, the richest man in history
Despite his resignation as CEO of Amazon , the e-commerce giant continues to make Jeff Bezos happy and rich. In fact, in the last 24 hours, the American tycoon saw his assets grow by 8.4 billion dollars , becoming the richest man in history.
According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, Bezos’ assets reached $ 211 billion , a figure that has allowed him to further distance himself from Elon Musk, second-richest man with $ 180.8 billion, Bernard Arnault. (third) with 168.5 billion dollars and Bill Gates (fourth) with his 147.4 billion dollars.
Why have Amazon shares risen?
All of these moves on Amazon’s stock market are due (in part) to the US Pentagon’s decision to cancel the $ 10 billion contract to store data in the cloud awarded to Microsoft in 2019 , which was already at the center. of many protests by the e-commerce giant.
The Pentagon said in a statement that ” the Jedi program no longer focuses our needs in light of evolving requirements and industry advancements .” The so-called Microsoft Jedi deal was at the center of a political controversy that also affected the White House and then-President Donald Trump two years ago.
After the announcement of the cancellation of the contract, and given that Amazon was the one who complained about his signing some time ago, it was possible to see how his shares were trading above $ 3,700 , a historical maximum that has caused Bezos to also increase his wealth up to stratospheric maximums.
What will Bezos do from now on?
A milestone that as we say, occurs in the same week that Bezos resigned as Amazon CEO , fulfilling his promise in February 2021 to hand over the position to Andy Jassy, the now former CEO of Amazon Web Services.
For his part, the richest “retiree” in the world is now preparing to achieve his great dream: flying into space. It will be next July 20 when Bezos , his brother Mark and someone unknown, who apparently has paid 23 million for his ticket , will fly into space aboard the New Shepard spacecraft, belonging to their own space company Blue Origin.
And once he returns from his space trip , Bezos , who will continue to be the executive president of the Amazon company despite everything, is expected to dedicate himself to the Bezos Earth Fund , his initiative to support scientists and NGOs that help combat the climate change, and also to Blue Origin, with which he plans to sell space tourism trips like the one he will carry out himself.
