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07 August 2020Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook, climbs one step in the ranking of the richest in the world: his personal wealth has exceeded 100 billion dollars and is the third to reach this milestone after the founders of Amazon, Jeff Bezos, and Microsoft, Bill Gates, all big in the technology sector.

Zuckerberg, after having founded the blue social network in 2004, of which he still holds 13% of the shares, has also purchased Oculus, Instagram and WhatsApp over the years.

The 36-year-old is also the president and controlling shareholder of the group, but Zuckerberg's luck had a further leap forward thanks to the 6.5% marked by the title, the day after the company launched the TikTok 'clone', Reels , on Instagram. Among other things, Reels arrives in a very complicated period for TikTok, which could be banned from the market in the US by decision of President Donald Trump.

The list of personal assets exceeding 100 billion dollars, compiled by Bloomberg Billionaires Index, certifies that the Facebook founder now has a fortune, which in the world is only lower than that of Jeff Bezos (founder of Amazon, with a forgiveness of 190 billion) and Bill Gates (co-founder, now retired, of Microsoft , with 120 billion).

Bezos remains unreachable on the list of the richest men in the world: this year, also thanks to the pandemic, it added 75 billion dollars to its assets because the e-commerce giant has benefited enormously from the closings of the shops due to the coronavirus .