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Option 4 : (D), (A) & (B)

 The correct answer is (D), (A) & (B).

 

  • Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, and Warren Buffett are the richest top three billionaires in the world as per Forbes 2018 list released in March 2018.
  • Jeff Bezos is the First richest person on the planet and the first centi-billionaire in the top Forbes annual ranking.
  • The World's Billionaires is an annual ranking by documented net worth of the wealthiest billionaires in the world.
    • It compiled and published in March annually by the American business magazine Forbes.
    • The list was first published in March 1987.
    • The total net worth of each individual on the list is estimated and is cited in United States dollars
      •  Based on their documented assets and accounting for debt and other factors.
  • In 2017, Mark Zuckerberg was the only person in the top 10 billionaires list.
  • Hence, option 4 is correct.

  • Jeff Bezos:
    • Jeffrey Preston Bezos is an American internet entrepreneur, industrialist, media proprietor, and investor.
      • He is the founder, CEO, and president of the multinational technology company Amazon.
    • Bezos founded Amazon in late 1994, on a cross-country road trip from New York City to Seattle.
    • The company began as an online bookstore and has since expanded to a wide variety of other e-commerce products and services, including video and audio streaming, cloud computing, and artificial intelligence.
      • It is currently the world's largest online sales company.
    • Bezos' annual salary is only $81,840, most of his wealth comes from his Amazon shares.
  • Bill Gates:
    • William Henry Gates III is an American business magnate, software developer, and philanthropist.
    • He is best known as the co-founder of Microsoft Corporation.
    • He is one of the best-known entrepreneurs and pioneers of the microcomputer revolution of the 1970s and 1980s.
    • Bill Gates is the 2nd richest person in the Forbes ranking 2018.
    • Gates has written three books - 
      • The Road Ahead, Business @ the Speed of Thought, and how to Avoid a Climate Disaster
  • Warren Buffett:
    • Warren Edward Buffett is an American investor, business tycoon, philanthropist, and the chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway.
    • He is considered one of the most successful investors in the world.
    • He has a net worth of over US$85.6 billion as of December 2020, making him the world's fourth-wealthiest person.
    • He is the 3rd richest person in the Forbes ranking 2018.
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