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The fabulous life of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, the new richest person in the world

Avery HartmansJul 27, 2017, 20:01 IST

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Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO of Amazon, surpassed Bill Gates on Thursday to become the richest person in the world, with a net worth of roughly $90 billion.

Today, his "Everything Store" sells more than $136 billion worth of goods a year.

Here's how the former hedge funder got his start and became one of the world's richest people.

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Jillian D'Onfro and Eugene Kim contributed to an earlier version of this story.