Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is very rich. We know, you know. But just how rich is he?
GENNA MARTIN, SEATTLEPI.COMThe fact that Jeff Bezos is rich comes as no surprise. Just how much richer he is this year, however, well that's something we need to put into perspective.
As Forbes notes in their estimate, the Amazon founder and CEO's new net worth -- $143.1 billion -- makes him at least $50 billion richer than any other person on Earth. (Whose name we also know: Microsoft founder Bill Gates, who now has a net worth of $93.3 billion, according to Forbes estimates.)
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But Bezos' net worth is also more money than the entire Apollo program that put man on the moon, or the GDP of Croatia.
It's also billions more than King County spent on fighting homelessness last year ($185 million), or how much profit the NFL turns in a given year ($9 billion).
Jeff Bezos is very rich. Click through the slideshow above to see how the billionaire's GDP compares to...well, everything.