Bezos a US$100b man as Amazon rises on cyber shopping

San Francisco

AMAZON founder Jeff Bezos was a US$100-billion man on Monday as the online retail colossus raked in cash from the holiday weekend's cyber shopping spree.

Forbes magazine's real-time ranking of the richest people had Mr Bezos on top, with a personal net worth of US$100.3 billion.

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates saw his net worth climb to a dizzying US$89.4 billion but was relegated to being the second most affluent person on th…