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Most of the world’s richest tech billionaires have become richer in 2019, with one notable exception.

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has lost a chunk of his net worth in 2019, and he briefly lost his spot as the world’s richest person to the Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates thanks to a dip in Amazon’s share price.

Most of the decline in his net worth is due to his costly divorce from MacKenzie Bezos.

Business Insider used Bloomberg’s Billionaires Index to rank the world’s 20 richest tech billionaires and list out their gains for the year so far.

It’s been a good year so far for billionaires working in tech.

The richest 20 technology billionaires have all seen massive additions to their net worth in 2019 to date, bar one notable exception.

Amazon’s founder, Jeff Bezos, had a costly divorce from MacKenzie Bezos, which has dented his net worth in 2019. It’s the primary reason for the decline in his overall worth, but he’s still top of the billionaire pile.

We’ve put together a list of the world’s 20 richest tech billionaires, based on Bloomberg’s Billionaires Index, which ranks the world’s richest people on a daily basis.

The figures in this article were accurate as of October 30, 2019.

The world’s richest tech billionaires all saw massive gains in 2019 — except Amazon founder Jeff Bezos

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