5 Richest People in the World Who Own Publicly Traded Companies

#2 Jeff Bezos

Net Worth: $171 billion

Public Company: Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN)

Jeff Bezos is the founder of e-commerce and cloud computing giant Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN). Although he retired in 2021 to focus on the Washington Post, his space company, and philanthropy, Jeff Bezos still owns a substantial part of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN). Despite his divorce from MacKenzie Scott, Jeff Bezos is worth $171 billion as of April 2022.