If you’re a close watcher of world’s richest people lists, you might already be aware that that extra $6.24 billion was enough to kick Bezos up over Bill Gates on the list of the top richest people, even taking into account the extra $340 million Gates picked up on the stock market too. And close list watchers are probably also aware of another interesting trend represented by the top richest people in the world: Tech companies are outperforming the rest of the economy by a sizable margin. Of the top ten richest people on the planet right now, six are founders of tech companies in the US.
