Jeff Bezos just sold off $2 billion in Amazon shares in what could be a strategy to make him the richest man in the world — again

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Before this week's sale of Amazon stock, Jeff Bezos' net worth was only $5 billion behind Elon Musk's $200 billion fortune, putting the title of "world's richest man" within reach.

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Jeff Bezos is just $5 billion away from overtaking Elon Musk to become the world's wealthiest person once more

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Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos.

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Putin's official financial disclosure claims he earns just $175K a year and owns a couple of apartments and a parking spot

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Then-Prime Minister Vladimir Putin walks near his Lada Niva off-road car in his summer residence in Sochi May 16, 2009.
Then-Prime Minister Vladimir Putin walks near his Lada Niva off-road vehicle at his summer residence in Sochi, May 16, 2009.

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Kim Kardashian just launched a new makeup line. Here's how she leveraged her reality TV stardom into a multibillion-dollar empire.

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Kim Kardashian has had a career spanning multiple industries. Now, she's is inching toward a net worth of $2 billion, according to Forbes calculations.

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America's economy should be 'thrilled' billionaires like Jeff Bezos and Warren Buffett exist, think-tank director says

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Jeff Bezos.

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It's a terrible time to be a HENRY

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How the Raising Cane's founder, Todd Graves, turned a lousy college grade into a billion-dollar fast-food business

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Todd Graves named Raising Cane's after his yellow labrador retriever.

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Meet the typical millionaire: College-educated people in their 50s and 60s who own a home and lots of stocks

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All billionaires should pay a 2% global minimum tax, a research report backed by a Nobel Prize-winning economist says

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Billionaires should have to pay at least a 2% wealth tax, the EU Tax Observatory says.

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There's never been a better time to be a DINK

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A young couple in a city street.

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