Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is the fourth-richest person on Earth

Mark Zuckerberg is the fourth-richest person in the world

With his net worth of $50 billion Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has officially become the fourth-richest person on Earth.

According to Bloomberg daily ranking of the world’s richest people, he has already surpassed Amazon founder Jeff Bezos ($49,1 billion) and Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim ($49 billion).

Besides, Facebook is also considered to be the fourth-most valuable company in the world after Google parent Alphabet, Apple and Microsoft. It has risen 9,5 % in January despite the majority of US stocks were hit hard last month.

It would be recalled that on December 1, 2015, Mark and his wife Priscilla Chan announced the birth of their daughter Maxima Cheng Mingyu.

Shortly afterwards they pledged to donate 99% of their Facebook shares, currently valued about $45 billion, to the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, their new charitable foundation with focuses on health and education.

Meanwhile, Microsoft  founder, philanthropist and investor Bill Gates remains the world’s richest person, with a net worth of $78,7 billion.

Source: Bloomberg