AdvertisementPrime Spot On The Billionaire List: Jeff Bezos Was (Briefly) World's Richest ManJuly 27, 2017Camila DomonoskefacebookEmailJeff Bezos, chairman and founder of Amazon.com and owner of The Washington Post, addresses the Economic Club of New York in 2016. Bezos was briefly the richest person on earth, after Amazon stock values surged Thursday morning. (Getty Images)
