Poor Mark Zuckerberg, only No. 6 on list of world’s richest people

Mark Zuckerberg, update your status — as world’s sixth-richest person. That’s what Bloomberg reports as the Facebook CEO’s net worth grew Thursday to $47.5 billion.

The top spot belongs to another nerd, Bill Gates, worth $78 billion. The Microsoft founder is trailed by Spanish fashionista Amancio Ortega ($69.7 billion), Berkshire Hathaway investor Warren Buffett ($59.4 billion), Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos ($55.8 billion) and Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim ($48.6 billion).

MZ, 31, “leapfrogged Charles and David Koch, who run the conglomerate Koch Industries and who are known for their active support of Republican candidates. The Kochs are each worth $45.9 billion,” noted CNN.
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Facebook’s share price rose 15 percent Thursday.

Mark Zuckerberg made $6 billion in one day and is now richer than the Koch brothers. https://t.co/Mtj08LXWNw

— Complex (@ComplexMag) January 29, 2016

11 years ago today, someone named Mark Zuckerberg appeared on @CNBC to discuss a small social network. $FB https://t.co/R0Eer8E6XX

— Vala Afshar (@ValaAfshar) January 27, 2016