Amazon founder Jeff Bezos net worth surges to new high

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Amazon executive chairman Jeff Bezos’ net worth continues to climb Wednesday after topping a record $211 billion. 

Amazon.com Inc.’s stock rose after closing at an all-time high of $3,675.74, its first record close since September 2020, as tracked by Dow Jones Market Data Group.  

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Bezos, who stepped down Monday as the company’s CEO, remains the company’s biggest shareholder as well as Executive Chairman after Andy Jassy took the reigns. 

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According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, a daily ranking of the world’s richest people, Bezos’ fortune increased by $8.4 billion. Bloomberg’s figures are updated at the close of every trading day in New York.

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