On Wednesday afternoon, as Amazon's soaring stock rose by a further two per cent, that added $4.9 billion to Bezos's fortune. The increase, Forbes reported, meant that, as of 1:50pm EDT on Wednesday, Bezos was worth $204.6 billion. Mackenzie's stock is today worth $63 billion, making her the second richest woman in the world, behind 67-year-old L'Oréal heiress Françoise Bettencourt Meyers. Bezos was worth roughly $115 billion on January 1, but has seen his wealth increase by more than $85 billion since then. His epic payday came while Amazon workers were protesting that they did not have enough PPE to protect them during the pandemic.

Source: Daily Mail August 26, 2020 23:04 UTC