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Facebook gain makes Zuckerberg wealthier than Google guys

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Mark Zuckerberg is now richer than Google Inc co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page. The Facebook Inc chairman added $1.6 billion to his fortune on Friday after the world's largest social network closed at a record. The surge elevated the 30-year-old's net worth to $33.3 billion, moving him past Brin, 40, and Page, 41, as well as Amazon.com Inc CEO Jeff Bezos, 50, on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. Zuckerberg is No. 16 on the ranking. The Google founders are 17th and 18th. Bezos occupies the 20th spot. "He's just getting started," David Kirkpatrick, author of The Facebook Effect, said in a telephone interview. "He's going to become the richest person on the planet."
 

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First Published: Jul 25 2014 | 11:26 PM IST

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