Founder and chairman of Amazon, founder of Blue Origin and owner of the Washington Post, Jeff Bezos is the third richest person in the world, according to Forbes.

The entrepreneur has found a way to create businesses from the comfort of his home all the way to space, earning him a sizeable share of wealth.

He became the first person on Earth to surpass $100 billion in personal wealth in March 2018, according to Guinness World Records and Forbes.

Jeff Bezos' net worth

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is seen on the sidelines before the start of an NFL football game, Sept. 15, 2022, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

Bezos's net worth is valued at $221.4 billion, as of Nov. 29, placing him at No. 3 on Forbes' Real-Time Billionaires List.

Much of his wealth comes from Amazon, which he founded from his Bellevue, Wash., home garage initially as an online marketplace for books in July 1994. His wealth has grown........

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