Jeff Bezos reclaims World Richest Man position, 24 hours after losing it to Bill Gates

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The founder and CEO of Amazon, Jeff Bezos, reclaimed his position as the World’s Richest Man,  few hours after losing the position to Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates.

Bezos in 2018, ended Gates’ 24-year run as world’s richest man and became the first man on earth with a net worth of $160 billion, he lost the spot on Thursday October 24, after Amazon’s lacklustre Q3 results,showed him losing nearly $7 billion in stock value. Amazon shares fell 7 per cent in after-hours trading.