--- title: Jeff Bezos Is Now $40 Billion Richer Than Anyone Else on Earth description: Founder and CEO of Amazon Jeff Bezos is the world's richest man, with a net worth of $132 billion. He's $40 billion richer than Bill Gates. authors: - name: Brad Tuttle role: Senior Editor url: https://money.com/author/brad-tuttle/ bio: Brad Tuttle is a former senior editor at Money with over 10 years’ experience covering a vast number of personal finance topics, including careers, cars, travel, budgeting, investing, insurance, credit cards, consumer psychology, real estate, banking, and shopping and deals. education: Columbia University School of Journalism, MS at_money_since: 2014 articles: 366 covers: - Business - Banking - Career Advice - Credit - Credit Cards - Economy and Politics - Education - Health and Wellness - Housing - Identity Theft - Insurance - Investing - Lifestyle - Loans - Mortgages - Personal Finance - Pets - Professional Services - Retirement - Shopping - Taxes - Technology social: - https://twitter.com/bradrtuttle - https://linkedin.com/in/brad-tuttle-834b225 former_staff: true published: '2018-03-21T15:48:30.000Z' modified: '2024-05-16T13:04:16.000Z' section: Business tags: - Amazon - Bill Gates - Billionaires - Jeff Bezos - rich - Warren Buffett word_count: 302 canonical: https://money.com/jeff-bezos-net-worth-compare-bill-gates/ type: Article source: structured-blocks --- > **Disclosure:** We research all brands listed and may earn a fee from our partners. Research and financial considerations may influence how brands are displayed. Not all brands are included. [Learn more](https://money.com/page/disclaimer/). ![Amazon Unveils Its First Smartphone](https://img.money.com/2018/03/jeffbezos40billionricher-em-450831356.jpg) *Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos.* Jeff Bezos, the founder and CEO of Amazon, has held the title of world's richest man since [last fall](https://money.com/jeff-bezos-6-billion-richest/). But since the start of 2018, Jeff Bezos has seen his net worth skyrocket compared to his billionaire peers. Right now, Bezos is at least $40 billion richer than anyone else on earth, according to the *[Bloomberg Billionaires Index](https://www.bloomberg.com/billionaires/)**.* At the close of the stock market on Tuesday, the index estimated Jeff Bezos' net worth at a whopping $132 billion. That's thanks to Amazon's stock price, which has jumped roughly 40% so far in 2018. As a result, the 54-year-old's net worth has increased by about $32 billion year-to-date. That's obviously enough to make Bezos the world's richest person. What's particularly astounding is that no one else is even in the same ballpark as Amazon's founder. *Bloomberg* puts Bill Gates, the next-richest billionaire after Bezos, at a net worth of $91.3 billion. Rounding out the rest of the top five world's richest people are: Warren Buffett ($87.8 billion), Amancio Ortega ($70.3 billion), and Mark Zuckerberg ($68.6 billion). Of the top five richest men, only Bezos and Buffett have gained wealth so far in 2018. But Bezos is again in a league of his own in this category: Whereas Bezos' net worth is up $32 billion year-to-date, Berkshire Hathaway's CEO is "only" up around $2.5 billion. The net worth of [Ortega](https://money.com/worlds-richest-man-jeff-bezos-amancio-ortega-bill-gates/), the 81-year-old Spanish entrepreneur who founded the clothing retailer Zara, is down $5 billion so far in 2018. Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has also been having a bad year, especially over the last few days. This week, as controversy swirled over a reported data breach at Facebook, Zuckerberg's net worth dropped by as much as $9 billion. 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