Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has overtaken Warren Buffett to become the world’s third-richest person. Zuckerberg is now worth $81.6 billion, about $373 million more than Buffett.
Zuckerberg only trails Amazon’s Jeff Bezos with $142 billion and Microsoft founder Bill Gates with $94.2 billion.
For the first time the three richest people all made their fortunes from technology.
Zuckerberg just passed Buffett on Friday, when Facebook shares climbed 2.4%, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
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