The fabulous life of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, the new richest person in the world

Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO of Amazon, surpassed Bill Gates on Thursday to become the richest person in the world, with a net worth of roughly $90 billion.

Today, his "Everything Store" sells more than $136 billion worth of goods a year.

Here's how the former hedge funder got his start and became one of the world's richest people.

Jillian D'Onfro and Eugene Kim contributed to an earlier version of this story.

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