Mark Zuckerberg became the sixth-richest person on Earth today. This was due to the rise in the shares of Facebook after it delivered a fantastic result of its last quarter revenue. The Facebook founder’s fortune rose by $6.2 billion in trading on Thursday (today), making the 31 year old worth $47.6 billion as at 1.15p.m. New York time.
According to Bloomberg Billionaires Index, this was enough to surpass the $45.9 billion holdings of Charles and David Koch.
Facebook reported yesterday that 4th quarter sales were up by 52% to $5.84billion and net income had more than doubled to $1.56 billion from the previous year.
In a related event, Mark posted on his Facebook page that about 1.59 billion are on Facebook every month
