How rich is Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon.com? Well, the latest data gives his worth to be about $105 billion. That is a lot, and it make him the richest man on earth. Here is one data point to illustrate his worth in terms of the GDP of the eight Least Developed Countries, which are Nepal, Afghanistan, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mozambique, Burkina Faso, Madagascar, Niger, and Malawi. For them, the total GDP is about $101 billion. The combined population of these countries is 235,240,000. It is one thing to be the richest person on the planet; it is another to understand his relative worth in comparison with the poorest countries. Not just one poor country, but eight of them combined! Table of actual values from nationmaster.com. COUNTRY GDP (billions) GDP per capita POPULATION (million) LAND AREA (sq km) Bangladesh $115.61 $1,384.53 163.65 130,17
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