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Mark Zuckerberg Becomes World's Third-Richest Person (bloomberg.com)

Posted by BeauHD on from the cash-cow dept.

Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg has overtaken Warren Buffett as the world's third-richest person, reports Bloomberg. Zuckerberg only trails Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates. From the report: It's the first time that the three wealthiest people on the ranking made their fortunes from technology. Zuckerberg, 34, is now worth $81.6 billion, about $373 million more than Buffett, the 87-year-old chairman and chief executive officer of Berkshire Hathaway. Zuckerberg's ascent has been driven by investors' continued embrace of Facebook, the social-network giant that shook off the fallout from a data-privacy crisis that hammered its shares, sending them to an eight-month low of $152.22 on March 27. The stock closed Friday at a record $203.23.

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  1. ill gotten gains.. by GrBear · · Score: 3, Insightful

    And who said crime doesn't pay.

    Yes, yes, I know he's not doing anything that's prosecutable as illegal.. but it sure the hell feels that way.