Drop In Amazon Stock Pushes Bill Gates Net Worth Above Jeff Bezos To Reclaim Richest Person In The World Title

Over the summer, Gates slid to the third spot on the list of the world’s richest for a time. The reasoning was good though – his charitable giving. He is one of the founders of the Giving Pledge, an organization whose members pledge to give at least half of their fortunes to charity in their lifetimes. Jeff Bezos, despite his enormous and somewhat grotesque wealth, has thus far refused to join the Giving Pledge. One of the first things MacKenzie Bezos did when her divorce was final was join the Giving Pledge.