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posted by martyb on Saturday November 25 2017, @07:26PM   Printer-friendly
from the Should-I-buy-16K-Steve-Austins-or-14K-Jaime-Sommers? dept.

Shares of Amazon rose enough to make Jeff Bezos worth an estimated $100.3 billion:

The Amazon.com Inc. founder's fortune is up $2.4 billion to $100.3 billion, as the online retailer's shares jumped more than 2 percent on optimism for Black Friday sales. Online purchases for the day are up 18.4 percent over last year, according to data from Adobe Analytics, and investors are betting the company will take an outsized share of online spending over the gifting season.

The $100 billion milestone makes Bezos, 53, the first billionaire to build a 12-figure net worth since 1999, when Microsoft Corp. co-founder Bill Gates hit the mark.

Meanwhile, Amazon merchants are scrambling to cheat each other as they peck at Bezos's scraps. Even (e-)books aren't safe.


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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 25 2017, @08:27PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 25 2017, @08:27PM (#601490)

    You forgot Facebook, FAAG.

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