Facebook founder, Mark Zuckerberg is now the sixth richest person on earth today according to Bloomberg.
The Facebook Inc. founder saw his fortune rise $6.2 billion in trading Thursday after the world’s biggest social network delivered another quarter of record revenue. That gives Zuckerberg a net worth of $47.6 billion at 1:15 p.m. in New York, enough to surpass the $45.9 billion holdings of brothers Charles and David Koch, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
Facebook reported on Wednesday that fourth-quarter sales were up 52 percent to $5.84 billion and net income had more than doubled to $1.56 billion from a year earlier. More than 1.59 billion users are now logging on every month, according to the company.
The five billionaires that remain above the technology entrepreneur are Bill Gates, Amancio Ortega, Warren Buffett, Jeff Bezos and Carlos Slim.
Billionaire Net Worth Change YTD
Bill Gates $77.9 billion -$5.9 billion
Amancio Ortega $70.2 billion -$2.7 billion
Warren Buffett $59.1 billion -$3.2 billion
Jeff Bezos $51.9 billion -$7.8 billion
Carlos Slim $47.8 billion -$4.5 billion
Mark Zuckerberg $47.6 billion +$1.9 billion
Zuckerberg is now one of only three billionaires among the 20 richest people on Earth to see an increase this year, according to the Bloomberg index, a daily ranking of the world’s 400 richest people.
