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Jeff Bezos fortune hits $100 billion on Black Friday stock surge

Jeff Bezos is the world's newest $100 billion mogul. The Amazon.com founder's fortune is up $2.4 billion to $100.3 billion, as the online retailer's shares jumped more than 2 percent Friday amid optimism for Black Friday sales. Online purchases for the day were up 18.4 percent over last year, according to data from Adobe Analytics, and investors are betting the company will take an outsized share of online spending over the gifting season. The $100 billion milestone makes Bezos, 53, the first billionaire to build a 12-figure net worth since 1999, when Microsoft Corp.

 

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