2017
Bezos' first year as the richest person on the World's Billionaires list, beating out Gates
2018
Amazon acquires Whole Foods for more than $13 billion in its biggest deal to date
Raises the minimum wage to $15 for all U.S. workers
SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket makes its maiden flight in February (carrying Elon's Tesla Roadster as payload)
Musk famously smokes marijuana on Joe Rogan's podcast
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$112B
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$72.8B
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$19.9B
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$13.9B
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Alongisde Netflix, Amazon Studios becomes the first streaming provider to win an Academy Award
After a delay, Tesla begins making deliveries of its Model 3 car, but at an initial base price of $44,000
SpaceX re-uses both a Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft for the first time
2015
The Washington Post becomes profitable for the first time since Bezos purchased the newspaper in 2013
Tesla announces the more affordable Model 3, priced at $35,000
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Bezos
$34.8
Net worth
MUSK
$10.7
In July, Bezos briefly passes Bill Gates to become the world's richest person
Musk sued by the SEC for "funding secured" tweet; he steps down as chairman but remains CEO
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