Jeff Bezos becomes the richest man in modern history

The Amazon.com founder's net worth reached $150 bi... moreThe Amazon.com founder's net worth reached $150 billion on Monday which is $55 billion ahead of Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates's net worth. Bezos also topped Gates in inflation-adjusted terms. The $100 billion mark that Gates hit briefly in 1999 at the peak of the dot-com boom would be about $149 billion in today's dollars.