DETHRONED BILL GATES AS THE WORLD'S RICHEST PERSON.
BOTH HAVE AMASSED HEAD-SPINNING FORTUNES.
THIS MORNING, A BATTLE BETWEEN BILLIONAIRES.
AMAZON CEO JEFF BEZOS VERSUS MICROSOFT FOUNDER BILL GATES,
NECK AND NECK FOR THE WORLD'S RICHEST TITLE, RICHEST PERSON.
>> A NEW WORLD'S RICHEST PERSON IS FOUND.
>> NO ONE HAS BECOME AS RICH, AS QUICKLY AS JEFF BEZOS.
BEZOS ECLIPSED GATES FOR THE WIN.
HE MADE $1.4 BILLION WHEN AMAZON STOCK EDGED UP 2%.
BY THE END OF THE DAY, GATES RECLAIMING THE TITLE.
TODAY, EACH OF THEM IS WORTH NEARLY $90 BILLION.
AT $694 A SECOND, HE MAKES THE AVERAGE AMERICAN SALARY IN ABOUT
AN HOUR. THE AVERAGE AMERICAN WOULD HAVE
TO WORK AROUND 1,300 YEARS TO MAKE A DAY OF BEZOS' PAY.
HIS RISE COMES AFTER HIS PURCHASE OF "THE WASHINGTON
POST" IN 2013 AND AMAZON'S EXPANSION INTO INDUSTRIES AS
DIVERSE AS TELEVISION AND FOOD. MATT TALKED TO BEZOS ABOUT IT IN
2012. >> AMAZON HAS A PIONEERING
CULTURE. IT'S A BIG TEAM OF PEOPLE THAT
ARE EXPERIMENTERSTERS AND IN INNOVATORS.
WE'RE WILLING TO FAIL AND TRY THINGS.
>> Reporter: FORBES ARGUED THAT BEZOS WOULDN'T BE AT THE TOP OF
THE LIST, IF GATES DIDN'T GIVE AWAY SOME OF HIS MONEY OVER HIS
LIFETIME. BEZOS HAS GIVEN AWAY $100
MILLION TO CHARITY THROUGH THE END OF 2013.
>> THERE'S A CERTAIN RESPONSIBILITY THAT COMES WITH
BEING THE RICHEST. PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FROM BEZOS,
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO WITH THAT MONEY.
>> WARREN BUFFETT IS UP THERE. MARK ZUCKERBERG IS UP THERE.
AND THE GUY THAT OWNS ZARA, MR. ORTEGA IS UP THERE.
>> YOU KNOW WHAT? BEZOS JUST MADE A MILLION DOLLAR
WHILE YOU SAID THAT. IT'S INCREDIBLE.
>> UNFATHOMABLE. IT'S FUN THE
