The South Africa-born engineer's net worth was $188.5 billion at 10:15 a.m. in New York, $1.5 billion more than Bezos, who has held the top spot since October 2017.
Singaporean barrister Michael Hwang joins three-member arbitration tribunal at SIAC, which is looking into the dispute over Future Group's $3.4 bn deal with Reliance Industries
"Being totally disillusioned and fed up with your lackadaisical attitude, we were left with no option, but to accept the offer from the Reliance," Biyani said
The world's richest person made the single-largest charitable contribution in 2020, according to The Chronicle of Philanthropy's annual list of top donations
The world's 500 richest people added $1.8 trillion to their combined net worth this year and are now worth $7.6 trillion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
Amazon Fire TV has exceeded 50 million monthly active users worldwide who are streaming billions of hours of content every month, according to the company
Jeff Bezos said his space company Blue Origin will take the first woman to the moon's surface as Nasa neared a decision to pick first privately built lunar landers to send astronauts to moon by 2024
The winner in the fight for Future Retail Ltd, Amazon's estranged local partner, will get pole position in the race to meet the daily needs of more than a billion people.
Industry bodies including the International Chamber of Shipping wrote an open letter urging Bezos to exert pressure on the incoming Biden administration and other leaders
At the center of the case is Amazon's efforts to block Reliance's planned purchase of Future Group's assets
The world's richest man's personal venture capital fund, Bezos Expeditions, supported the Series B funding led by Ribbit Capital, which raised $30 million for the San Francisco-based company.
The Amazon founder has given away stock worth $856 million this year, which estimates his fortune at $183.6 billion
This is the first time the world's richest man has named the beneficiaries to the climate action fund
Italy is probing the e-commerce giant over restrictions on sales of Apple products, while India is investigating the company over exclusive arrangements with mobile phone brands.
US billionaires add $57.4 billion as stock markets climb
By seeking to stall Ambani's purchase of Future, Bezos may be signaling that he would rather remain a rival
According to the sources, Future group has been told not to proceed with its sale of shares to RIL till the outcome of the arbitration process
This follows a dispute over Future's sale of its retail and wholesale businesses to MukeshAmbani-led Reliance Industries Ltd
The entire flight - barely skimming space with a peak altitude of 66 miles (106 kilometers) - lasted just 10 minutes
The aggregate wealth of the Forbes 400 list rose to a record $3.2 trillion