Amazon Founder loses $6bn in 1 day but is still the 5th richest in the world...See also top 10 richest men in the world

Amazon founder, Jeff Bezos (right) lost $6
billion in one day after his company's share
price fell 11 percent but don't cry for him, he
still has $49.2 billion even though he slipped
from fourth place to fifth on Forbes's rich list.

According to Forbes, he was worth $49.8 billion
at 5pm. In the space of 30 minutes he lost
$800million, so ended up falling behind Carlos
Slim Helu of Mexico, who is now the fourth
richest person in the world with a net worth of
$49.6 billion.
Bezos prefers to look on the bright side of
things however.
'Twenty years ago, I was driving the packages
to the post office myself and hoping we might
one day afford a forklift. This year, we pass
100 billion dollars in annual sales and serve
300 million customers. And still, measured by
the dynamism we see everywhere in the
marketplace and by the ever-expanding
opportunities we see to invent on behalf of
customers, it feels every bit like day one.'

See the top ten richest men below.

Billionaire Net Worth (billions) Company/ 
source Country

1. Bill Gates $76.2
Microsoft    United States

2. Amancio Ortega  $68.4
Zara Spain

3. Warren Buffett $59.8
Berkshire Hathaway  United States

4. Carlos Slim Helu $49.6
Telecoms Mexico

5. Jeff Bezos $49.2
Amazon.com  United States

6. Mark Zuckerberg $47.9
Facebook  United States

7. Larry Ellison $44.1
Oracle  United States

8. Charles Koch $39.7
Diversified United States

9. David Koch $39.7
Diversified  United States

10. Larry Page $37.5
Google United States