Richest people in the world: Warren Buffett is now worth $100 billion
Coral Murphy MarcosWarren Buffett, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, stretched his net worth to $100 billion on Thursday, making him the sixth richest person in the world.
Buffett has added nearly $13 billion to his net worth this year, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, and his company is up nearly 15% in 2021. Berkshire Hathaway's Class A shares closed on Wednesday at $398,840.
Buffett has passed Google co-founder Larry Page and now stands just behind Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, the index showed.
Buffett's holding company added four new companies to their portfolio as of Dec. 31, 2020: Verizon, Chevron, Marsh & McLennan and EW Scripps. The company exited completely from JPMorgan Chase, Pfizer and others.
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The company also sold 9.81 million shares of Apple Inc. in the fourth quarter of 2020.
Last month, the 90-year-old Buffett said he has no plans to retire.
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos currently holds the title for richest person in the world with a $180 billion net worth. Tesla CEO Elon Musk, Microsoft founder Bill Gates, LVMH CEO Bernard Arnault, and Zuckerberg hold the next spots, respectively.
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