Jeff Bezos is still the richest person in the world, even after losing $10 billion in one year.
The Amazon founder held onto the top spot in the final day of the 2019 Bloomberg Billionaire Index with an estimated net worth of $115 billion. He's trailed closely by Microsoft founder Bill Gates, whose estimated worth is $113 billion. Bezos, Gates and French business magnate Bernard Arnault are the only three billionaires on the list whose net worths exceed $100 billion.Bezos was expected to lose the top spot in the billionaire index after a choppy year for his finances.
Amazon now has 3 women on its senior leadership team -- and 19 menThe rest went to his former wife, who also received a 4% stake in the company. That amounted to around $37 billion, making her the 25th-richest person in the world. Read MoreGates briefly toppled Bezos in November after Amazon profits fell nearly 28% from the previous year while Microsoft shares soared 48%. But his time at the top was short-lived. Familiar faces round out the current top 10.
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