Bill Gates just overtook Jeff Bezos to reclaim his spot as world's richest person

AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana Billionaire philanthropist and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates regained his status as the world's richest person for the first time in two years on Friday, topping Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, Bloomberg reported. Shares landed Gates' net worth at $110 billion, while Bezos is at $108.7 billion. Gates' rise in the rankings may have been helped, in part, by the Pentagon signing a $10 billion cloud-computing contract with Microsoft instead of Amazon. The October 25, deal prompted...