Technically speaking, Jeff Bezos’ $123 billion fortune is the largest non-inflation-adjusted fortune in human history. He is the first person to control $123 billion in modern, accountable assets and dollars. Jeff’s $123 billion tops the record set by Bill Gates in 1999 when at the peak of the dotcom bubble the Microsoft founder’s net worth hit $101 billion. That $101 billion is worth $140 billion today after adjusting for 20 years of inflation.People like John D. Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie died with fortunes in the several billions. Less than $10 billion. But after you adjust for inflation, they were worth $340 billion and $310 billion respectively. And then of course there are historical figures like Mansa Musa whose fortune was so large it is almost immeasurable. Other tech billionaire fortunes were affected by their respective earning reports. Mark Zuckerberg’s net worth increased $2.5 billion. The Google boys Larry Page and Sergey Brin both lost around $3 billion.
