2017’s Richest Person and How They Made Their Money: REVEALED!

3. Jeff Bezos, 53 – Net Worth: $73.1 billion

Jeff Bezos is another incredibly influential online entrepreneur just like Zuckerberg and £ before him on the list. Bezos brought Amazon to the world, the online shopping giant which has become second nature to most of the developed world. After starting his career on Wall Street, Bezos started Amazon.com from his garage back in the early 90s. In the early days, it was an online book store exclusively, but it quickly developed into the beast it is today, selling everything from e-readers to car parts in 16 countries.

Bezos also has a passion for crazy ideas and creative projects much like Sergey Brin of Google – for example, he owns Blue Origin which successfully launched it’s first spacecraft back in 2015. Some of his more mainstreams financial interests include The Washington Post which he bought in 2013, and various properties across the US, including a $10 million, 10,000-square-foot apartment in Manhattan.