In the first two weeks of 2017, the Facebook founder's net worth has soared by nearly $5 billion, by far the biggest gain of any person in the world. Bolstered by climbing revenues and a series of bullish analyst reports, his company's shares are inching closer to October's all-time high. As a result, Zuckerberg, who owns 410 million Facebook shares, has more than recouped the losses he suffered in the weeks following Donald Trump's election, when his net worth fell 7% to $49 billion. Zuckerberg, who famously founded the social media giant as a 19-year-old Harvard undergrad, has watched his personal fortune consistently rise year after year. In 2016 he cracked the top five on The Forbes 400 for the first time, placing fourth behind Gates, Buffett and Bezos.

Source: Forbes January 14, 2017 14:01 UTC