The Facebook Inc. chairman added $1.6 billion to his fortune today
after the world’s largest social network closed at a record. The surge
elevated the 30-year-old’s net worth to $33.3 billion, moving him past
Brin, 40, and Page, 41, as well as
Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN) Chief Executive Officer
Jeff Bezos, 50, on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
Zuckerberg is No. 16 on the ranking. The Google founders are 17th and 18th. Bezos occupies the 20th spot.
“He’s
just getting started,” David Kirkpatrick, author of “The Facebook
Effect,” said in a telephone interview. “He’s going to become the
richest person on the planet.”
The Menlo Park, California-based
company posted second-quarter sales that soared 61 percent to $2.91
billion yesterday, exceeding analysts’ average estimate of $2.81
billion. The company’s revenue gain follows Google’s results last week,
when the Web-search company posted sales that topped analysts’
estimates, largely based on the strength of online ads.
Facebook (FB)
has jumped 183 percent in the past 12 months, the biggest rally in the
Standard & Poor’s 500 Index, according to data compiled by
Bloomberg. The company trades at 82-times reported earnings, compared to
a multiple of 18.2 for the S&P 500. Google is up 7.5 percent for
the year.
wow,this guy is going all the way
ReplyDeleteHis rise to the top has been so fast, he might become the richest man alive soonest
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