Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg surpassed Oracle
Chairman Larry Ellison to become the sixth richest
person in the world in after-hours trading on
Wednesday.
Zuckerberg’s net worth increased $4.85 billion to
$46.25 billion, as Facebook stock climbed 12% after
the markets closed in response to Facebook’s strong
quarterly earnings report. That puts Zuckerberg more
than $2.5 billion dollars ahead of Ellison, who has a net
worth of $43.6 billion.
At the age of 31, Zuckerberg is the youngest of the
world’s 10 wealthiest people. In September 2015, when
Forbes released its annual Forbes 400 List, Zuckerberg
became one of the 10 richest people in the United
States for the first time. He’s now the 4th richest in
the United States and 6th richest in the world.
Zuckerberg first appeared on Forbes’ ranking of the
400 richest people in America in September 2009 with
a net worth of $2 billion, more than two years before
Facebook’s IPO in May 2012.
In December 2015, Zuckerberg pledged to donate 99%
of his Facebook shares to the Chan Zuckerberg
Initiative during the course of his lifetime.
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