Fun while it lasted: Jeff Bezos' brief stint as world's richest human ends after less than a day when Amazon stock falls on news of missed second quarter profits


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Jeff Bezos, the owner of online retail giant Amazon.com, briefly held the top spot as the world's richest person earlier on Thursday 27th July when his personal wealth surpassed $91 billion. 
Bezos briefly beat out Bill Gates, the 61-year-old co-founder of Microsoft Corp, who has held the top spot since May 2013, with $90 billion.
But Bezos quickly slipped to second best when Amazon reported its second quarter earnings showing a profit of $197 million on strong sales of $38 billion. 
The dip in profit is a 77 per cent drop from $857 million this time last year, and it's mainly due to Amazon’s aggressive investments in its own business.

Nothing lasts forever.