I thought he had retired? He isn't even innovating or leading anything special last I checked and his primary hobby appears to be to sue spaceX whenever he gets the chance. So why is his net worth 214.5 billion USD while Elon Musk is barely ahead with 221.2 Billion USD?
https://www.forbes.com/real-time-billionaires/#67e46d1d3d78
Honestly, I can't see Jeff being worth more than 160 Billion USD at best.
At least Bernard Arnault is about to fall out of the top 3 so only Americans will be in the top 3.
Logically the top 10 richest people in the world should be all Americans. It's strange that a Frenchman is up there.
When Elon Musk's net worth crosses 300 billion USD will Jeff Bezos be able to keep up?
Explain your beliefs
Jump in the discussion.
No email address required.
He gots his money
stolen 
in divorce court 
lol, that's the reason. He used to be richest by a wide margin.
Also, Amazon
is so ridiculously profitable lol
Jump in the discussion.
No email address required.
That is true. So are you saying without the divorce Jeff Bezos would have been the richest man in the world today?
Jump in the discussion.
No email address required.
I mean, yeah? He was the richest man, and with the 60 million he got taken away in stocks he would easily still be it right now
Jump in the discussion.
No email address required.
I disagree.
Jump in the discussion.
No email address required.
It's not a matter of agreeing or disagreeing. Had he not been divorced he would still be the richest man given that his networth would be equaling atleast 60 million more, which is how much his wx-wife got in amazon stock
He is so rich his exwife became the richest woman in the world just from divorcing him.
Jump in the discussion.
No email address required.
I understand where you are coming from. I disagree.
Jump in the discussion.
No email address required.
More options
Context
More options
Context
More options
Context
More options
Context
More options
Context
More options
Context
Amazon.
What elese could it be.
Jump in the discussion.
No email address required.
But when was the last time Amazon did something innovative?
Jump in the discussion.
No email address required.
Drone packages? So much shit runs through the amazon infrastructure lol, their services are what makes a lot of innovation based silicon valley projects possible in the first. Results make money, not a bunch of strags saying "wouldn't it be cool if we did X?". Amazon makes a lot of products which are cheaper versions of something offered by companies like Apple or Google, thus reaching a broader market.
Let me rephrase,
Innovation =/= Profitability
Good Service = Profitability
Anybody can make a product needlessly complex and innovative (Coolest Cooler lol), that doesn't make it a good product.
Jump in the discussion.
No email address required.
But Elon Musk makes good product?
Alibaba made cheaper product than Amazon?
Jump in the discussion.
No email address required.
More options
Context
More options
Context
They have a ton of data. Any competitor who wants to have a chance undercutting their prices probably needs to build up a comparable data portfolio and operate at a loss until then.
Data is very dangerous to capitalism because it's so easy to hoard and gives established players a huge advantage
Jump in the discussion.
No email address required.
Cool. Thanks for educating me.
Jump in the discussion.
No email address required.
This is reason german car-manufacturers give when they analyse why they're so far behind tesla, especially for autonomous driving.
Jump in the discussion.
No email address required.
Fascinating.
The US ate up the German vehicle market.
It's kinda cool that the US became too big to be able to share, as the only way for it to keep growing at 2% and above is to out compete other nation states to the point of slowing down their economies.
Jump in the discussion.
No email address required.
More options
Context
More options
Context
More options
Context
More options
Context
More options
Context
Adrenochrome
Jump in the discussion.
No email address required.
More options
Context
More options
Context
You might be overvaluing innovation. A digital storefront (plus web services) and a French luxury goods brand might be less exciting than some of the tech companies on the list, but they provide things that people want. Bezos and Arnault are both still heavily invested in their own, very valuable, companies.
Jump in the discussion.
No email address required.
AI is going to be more valuable than owning a store. Just like how walmart isn't in the top 10 so would Amazon and Arnault fall out one day soon.
Jump in the discussion.
No email address required.
Amazon is also profitable because they aren't just a store, they are a store from which other stores pay to operate from. It will always be more profitable bronze, it's simple supply and demand. You saying "AI will be more profitable" because you like it more as a concept doesn't change the rules of the market.
Jump in the discussion.
No email address required.
I disagree.
Jump in the discussion.
No email address required.
More options
Context
More options
Context
More options
Context
More options
Context
The majority of the internet runs on Amazon Web Services.
Jump in the discussion.
No email address required.
The retail side is also very valuable. That logistics network of theirs is no small thing.
Jump in the discussion.
No email address required.
More options
Context
Fair. When will microsoft beat them?
Jump in the discussion.
No email address required.
More options
Context
More options
Context
Wealth is determined by stock value and by how much of it you own it.
Bezos owns a good share of Amazon, that's why he's so rich. Arnault owns shares of LVMH which is the largest luxury conglomerate in the world, is not just clothes but also cosmetics, wines, jewelry, etc.
Jump in the discussion.
No email address required.
Elon Musk should open his own Luxury brand company. Somebody X this idea to him.
Jump in the discussion.
No email address required.
More options
Context
More options
Context
Snapshots:
https://www.forbes.com/real-time-billionaires/#67e46d1d3d78:
ghostarchive.org
archive.org
archive.ph (click to archive)
Jump in the discussion.
No email address required.
More options
Context