Jeff Bezos becomes richest man in modern history

The Amazon.com founder’s net worth cracked $150 billion in Newyork on monday, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires index.That’s about $55 billion more than Microsoft co-founder Bill gates, the world’s second-richest person

Bezos, 54, also has topped Gates in inflation-adjusted terms.The $100 billion mark that gates hit briefly in 1999 at the height of the dot-com boom would be worth about $149 billion in today’s dollars.

Bezos crossed the threshold as Amazon was preparing to kick off its 36-hour summer sales event,prime day, which got off to a rocky start as glitches struck the firm’s website and mobile app