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Jeff Bezos at the Sun Valley conference in Idaho last year on Tuesday, his net worth reached a record $ 151.4 billion. Getty Images
Jeff Bezos' fortune reached $ 151.4 billion on Tuesday, a new record for Bezos and for all billionaires Forbes followed in the past three and a half decades . According to Forbes Real Time Rankings, Amazon shares climbed 1.18% on Tuesday to close at $ 1843.93, after a solid first day, the company's annual sale to Amazon Prime members . The company 's website malfunctioned for several hours in the afternoon, but some users were unable to use the search feature on the site to read the articles and d & # 39; others could not log in to their account. night, according to Catchpoint, a company that monitors the performance of retailers' websites.
"Prime Day sales in the United States continue to be more important than ever," said a spokesman for Amazon on Tuesday. "In fact, during the first 10 hours, Prime Day grew even faster, from one year to the next, than the first 10 hours of last year.
The research firm Coresight had estimated last week that Prime Day could generate $ 3.4 billion in expenditures this year, up more than 40% from last year. At 36 hours, this year's "Prime Day" is slightly longer than last year, or 30 hours for regular members. Amazon has also added four new countries, including Australia for sale this year.
The stock of Amazon has been steadily increasing this year, up 57.7% since January 1st, at the close of Tuesday. In turn, the net worth of Bezos has soared about $ 45 billion this year; It owns 16% of the Amazon e-commerce giant.
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Bezos founded Amazon in a garage in Seattle in 1994. He first appeared on the Forbes 400 list of the wealthiest Americans in 1998. Billion, a year after Amazon debuted on the public market. He surpassed Gates as the richest person on the Forbes list of billionaires worldwide in March of this year and was the first person to reach a net worth of more than $ 100 billion
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Jeff Bezos at the Sun Valley In 1945, Jeff Bezos' fortune reached $ 151.4 billion, a new record for Bezos and for all billionaires. Getty Images
Forbes followed over the last three and a half decades. Monday Bezos' net worth briefly climbed above $ 151 billion, but ended the day at $ 149.7 billion dollars, according to Forbes Real Time Rankings. On Tuesday, to close at $ 1,843.93, after a strong first day, the annual sale of the company for members of Amazon Prime, Prime Day began at 15:00 ET on Monday, but the website of the Business went awry for several hours in the afternoon. the search function on the site to read articles and others could not log in to their accounts. Amazon would have solved the problem Monday night, according to Catchpoint, a company that monitors the performance of retailers on the web.
"Sales in the United States continue to be more important than ever," said an Amazon spokesman Tuesday. . "In fact, during the first 10 hours, Prime Day has grown even faster than the first 10 hours of last year."
The research firm Coresight estimated last week that Prime Day could generate $ 3.4 billion this year in spending, up more than 40% from last year. At 36 hours, this year's "Prime Day" is slightly longer than last year, or 30 hours for regular members. Amazon has also added four new countries, including Australia for sale this year.
The stock of Amazon has been steadily increasing this year, up 57.7% since January 1st, at the close of Tuesday. In turn, the net worth of Bezos has soared about $ 45 billion this year; It owns 16% of the Amazon e-commerce giant.
Microsoft
Bezos founded Amazon in a garage in Seattle in 1994. He first appeared on the Forbes 400 list of the richest Americans in 1998. Billion, a year after Amazon debuted on the public market. He surpassed Gates as the richest person on Forbes list of billionaires of the world in March this year and was the first person to reach a net worth of more than 100 billion dollars.
