Τlast week h Amazon announced that it will increase the minimum wage to $ 15 an hour, while at the moment the average annual salary offered by the company reaches $ 28.466. All this pales in comparison to the sums made by its founder and richest man in the world according to Forbes, Jeff Bezos.
Business Insider has calculated the amounts that the CEO of Amazon earns by comparing the Forbes data for 2017 and 2018. Of course, these calculations are indicative, as a large part of Bezos's fortune is related to the course of his company's share, which is changing. anytime.
According to Forbes data, Bezos's fortune increased by $ 78,5 billion between October 2017 and October 2018. This means that the richest man in the world earned 6,54 billion every month for the last time. year, or $ 1,5 billion a week or more than $ 215 million a day.
Bezos makes $ 149.353 every minute. More than three times what the average U.S. employee earns each year, which is estimated at $ 45.552, according to the National Statistics Office. Every second, the Amazon boss makes more than twice as much money as the average American employee earns per week - about $ 2.480 versus $ 876.
They say that time is money and for Bezos it is definitely a lot of money.
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