Does anybody know who this man is? Well, he was the richest man in the 1980s and even as recently as 1990.
His name is Tsutsumi Yoshiaki. Now he is down to his last $1billion according to many reports.
Once he dies, inheritance tax will ensure his kids get much less than $1billion in all likelihood.
The point is, these things don’t last. Performance comes and goes. He was in a very profitable business (real estate).
That didn’t last with the various crashes. Likewise, Bezos’ model may not work forever.
Just look at historical records. Many people were richer than Bezos historically, in inflation adjusted terms.
People like Carnegie, Ford and Rockefeller. Fortunes are lost over time.
So yes, I am sure there will be somebody richer than Bezos, sooner or later.
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