Michael Dell Passes Jeff Bezos And Larry Page In Billionaire Rankings

Tech billionaire Michael Dell’s net worth climbed 2% Wednesday morning and pushed his valuation to a whopping $273.2 billion, according to Forbes estimates, making him the second-wealthiest person in the world for the first time ever as he overtakes Alphabet co-founder Larry Page and Amazon founder and executive chairman Jeff Bezos. Dell, who reached the No. 3 spot on Tuesday after a $4.6 billion climb, now trails only Tesla chief Elon Musk ($942 billion).