Jeff Bezos Overtakes Bill Gates To Become World's Richest Man. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has overtaken Bill Gates and is now the richest person in the world, with a fortune topping $90 billion for the first time ever. Forbes started tracking billionaires around the globe in 1987. Bezos is now the seventh person to hold the title of the world’s richest person and the third American to top the global ranks besides Gates and Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett. Behind Bezos and Gates, Spanish businessman Amancio Ortega currently ranks as the third richest person in the world, with a net worth of $82.7 billion, followed by Warren Buffett ($74.5 billion), and Mark Zuckerberg ($70.5 billion). That was few days ago scenario. Now the money king Bill Gates is again on the top of the billionaire list and he is again the world richest man.