Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has topped Forbes magazine's list of the world's richest people for the second year in a row.

The US magazine releases a ranking of the world's ultra-wealthy every year. It says Bezos and his family are currently worth 131 billion dollars.

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is in 2nd place with assets of 96.5 billion dollars.
Bezos recently announced he was divorcing his wife of more than 25 years. US media say the separation could result in a split of his assets.

Forbes got around this by counting the wealth of Bezos and his family together.

The 21-year-old founder of Kylie Cosmetics, Kylie Jenner, is the youngest billionaire ever to make the list, unseating Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

Japan's richest person is Tadashi Yanai, in 41st place with a net worth of about 22 billion dollars. He's the Chairman and CEO of Fast Retailing, the operator of the Uniqlo clothing chain. Yanai is followed by SoftBank Group Chairman and CEO Masayoshi Son, in 43rd place.

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