9 Mind-Blowing Facts That Show Just How Wealthy Jeff Bezos, the World’s Richest Man, Really Is
The Amazon CEO is worth an estimated $121 billion.
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is the richest person on the planet. Worth the Amazon CEO is ,
Bezos even retained his ranking as the world’s richest person following his divorce from MacKenzie Bezos, after which worth roughly $35.7 billion, making her
Although , most of Bezos’ wealth comes from his Amazon shares. The world’s richest man — more than twice what the median U.S. worker makes in one week, according to calculations by Business Insider.
Here are nine mind-blowing facts that show just how wealthy Bezos really is.
Phillip Faraone / Stringer / Getty Images1. Bezos is worth $121 billion despite being paid an annual salary of just $81,840, less than what most U.S. representatives take home.
Of course, a large portion of , not his salary.
Business Insider previously calculated , based on the change in his net worth year-over-year, and found it to be closer to $8.9 million.
What’s even more impressive is if you break that down to how much Bezos makes every day, every hour, and even every second.
Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images2. Bezos makes $2,489 per second — more than twice what the median U.S. worker makes in one week.
That’s $149,353 per minute.
As Business Insider’s Hillary Hoffower previously reported, that means that in just one minute, what the median US worker makes in a year — $45,552. These numbers were calculated shortly before the Bezos divorce.
AP Images3. After divorcing MacKenzie and giving up 25% of the Amazon stock co-owned by the couple, Bezos still kept his ranking as the richest person in the world.
MacKenzie, on the other hand, is now the third-richest woman in the world after L’Oreal heiress and .
MacKenzie, who was , is now
Getty/Michael Kovac4. With his $121 billion, Bezos could theoretically buy more than 30% of the top 100 U.S. college endowments.
The top — based on the size of their endowments — are Harvard University with $38.3 billion, the University of Texas system with $30.89 billion, and Yale University with $29.35 billion.
Bezos’ fortune is greater than those three universities’ endowments combined — with more than $22 billion to spare.
Getty/Drew Angerer5. Bezos is so rich that an average American spending $1 is similar to Bezos spending $1.2 million.
The median net worth of . Dividing $121 billion by $97,300 comes to about $1.2 million, according to previous calculations by Business Insider.
Chris Jackson/Getty6. The Amazon CEO is nearly 38% richer than the British monarchy.
The British royal family is worth , according to Forbes.
Nichole Sobecki for The Washington Post via Getty Images7. Bezos is worth about the equivalent of the entire GDP of Angola.
About half of comes which accounts for more than 90% of the country’s exports.
Maja Hitij/Bongarts/Getty Images8. Bezos’ net worth is greater than the GDP of Iceland, Afghanistan, and Costa Rica — combined.
Alex Wong/Getty Images9. According to the Social Security Administration, the average American man with a bachelor’s degree will earn approximately $2.19 million in his lifetime. Bezos makes that in just under 15 minutes.
According to the SSA, the average American woman with a bachelor’s degree
Bezos, who has , makes , according to calculations by Business Insider.
is the richest person on the planet. Worth the Amazon CEO is ,
Bezos even retained his ranking as the world’s richest person following his divorce from MacKenzie Bezos, after which worth roughly $35.7 billion, making her
Although , most of Bezos’ wealth comes from his Amazon shares. The world’s richest man — more than twice what the median U.S. worker makes in one week, according to calculations by Business Insider.
