Jeff Bezos vs. Michael Bloomberg
Who will win?
![](data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHdpZHRoPSI2MjQiIGhlaWdodD0iNDE2IiB2aWV3Qm94PSIwIDAgNjI0IDQxNiI+PHJlY3Qgd2lkdGg9IjEwMCUiIGhlaWdodD0iMTAwJSIgc3R5bGU9ImZpbGw6I2NmZDRkYjtmaWxsLW9wYWNpdHk6IDAuMTsiLz48L3N2Zz4=)
Name Jeff Bezos |
---|
Net worth
๐ฐ $204.4B |
---|
Born January 12, 1964 (age 60) |
---|
Education |
---|
Source Amazon |
---|
Industry Technology |
---|
Growing up, Bezos worked summers on his grandfather's ranch repairing Caterpillar tractors. Bezos met Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin in 1998 and managed to become one of the company's first angel investors, putting in an estimated $250,000.
![](data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHdpZHRoPSIxNTAiIGhlaWdodD0iMTgzIiB2aWV3Qm94PSIwIDAgMTUwIDE4MyI+PHJlY3Qgd2lkdGg9IjEwMCUiIGhlaWdodD0iMTAwJSIgc3R5bGU9ImZpbGw6I2NmZDRkYjtmaWxsLW9wYWNpdHk6IDAuMTsiLz48L3N2Zz4=)
Name Michael Bloomberg |
---|
Net worth
๐ฐ $104.7B |
---|
Born February 14, 1942 (age 82) |
---|
Education |
---|
Source Bloomberg LP |
---|
Industry Technology |
---|
In 2018, Bloomberg pledged $1.8 billion to Johns Hopkins University, his undergraduate alma mater, adding $1.5 billion he had already given the school. As a teenager, Bloomberg worked at an electronics company in Cambridge, Massachusetts.