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Bezos Is the Rich King of a Slippery Hill
Amazon's stock swings could put Bill Gates back on top, with Warren Buffett still hanging around.
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Jeff Bezos is the world’s richest person. But he shouldn’t get too comfortable on the throne just yet.
Bezos rode a post-earnings rally in Amazon.com Inc.’s shares on Friday to take the top spot in the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. It wasn’t the first time. Bezos was king for a brief moment on July 27, but Amazon shares slid before the market closed and Bezos ended the day in second place.