Former richest man in the world, Jeff Bezos is about to reclaim his title from Elon musk as his worth is now $191billion which is $3billion close to Elon’s $194billion

Jeff Bezos, owner of Amazon company who runs the $1.643 trillion valued company is now worth $191 billion and within striking distance of the present world’s richest man, Elon Musk, estimated to now be worth $194 billion, according to data retrieved from Bloomberg Billionaire Index.

The chief executive officer who is about to hand over his CEO title to an employee have under his tenure as the chief executive officer of the e-commerce giant actually ranked second among all S&P stocks since the IPO in May 1997.

The 57-year-old billionaire is the founder of Amazon, the world’s biggest online retailer company on earth. The American based company sells books, household goods, and other retail products through its flagship platform.

His company also controls the Whole Foods grocery chain and offers video streaming services and is still the biggest cloud computing provider all over the world.

His cash at the bank is estimated to be worth $9.7 billion and most of his wealth is tied to its stake in Amazon.

Recall the Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Amazon, recently stepped down from his role and has been replaced by Amazon’s Cloud Computing Division CEO, Andy Jassy.

Amazon CEO, Jeff Bezos to step down this year

The management of Providus Bank has announced the closure of the bank’s virtual accounts following the directive from the Central Bank of Nigeria which came on Friday.

The announcement was made on Sunday through the twitter handle of the bank, in the tweet, the bank said,

“ We wish to announce that our virtual payment services are currently unavailable . In the meantime, customers are advised to use alternative payment options , ”.

Following this announcement by Providus bank, Piggyvest, a fintech company in partnership with the bank advised its customers to get their new virtual account details. The tweet read,

“ We received communication from our virtual account provider that the existing Providus virtual accounts are currently inactive . Please login to your account to get your new virtual account details , “

Another online payment platform, Monnify , issued a statement assuring customers of new account numbers to replace the ones where was provided by the bank, the statement read,

“ We would ask that you don ’ t panic and rest assured that you would be able to access all your funds , as we are currently working with the bank to reconcile the funds in their position for availability and a graceful exit .
“ We believe as soon as tomorrow but no later than Wednesday , we will back with a new partner bank. ”

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The Chief Executive Officer of Amazon company, Jeff Bezos will step down from his CEO position later this year.

The company had announced on February 2nd that the Amazon boss will be replaced by Andy Jassy, a long time employee of the company.

Since 1995 the Amazon company was formed, Bezos has been the company’s CEO, he advanced the company from an online bookseller into a $1.7 trillion global retail and logistics Heavyweight.

Jassy who is to take over, has worked for Amazon since 1997 and currently serves as CEO of the company’s cloud business, Amazon Web Services.

In a letter to employees of the company, Bezos wrote,

“Being the CEO of Amazon is a deep responsibility, and it’s consuming,”

“When you have a responsibility like that, it’s hard to put attention on anything else. As Executive Chairman I will stay engaged in important Amazon initiatives but also have the time and energy I need to focus on the Day 1 Fund, the Bezos Earth Fund, Blue Origin, The Washington Post, and my other passions. I’ve never had more energy, and this isn’t about retiring. I’m super passionate about the impact I think these organizations can have.”

The company’s stock has grown close to 69% over the past one year.