Thanks to a steep rise in Facebook's stock price, Mark Zuckerberg has displaced
Zuckerberg added more than $18 billion to his fortune in the past year, riding a 52% surge in the value of the social networking site's shares. The 32-year-old CEO now has an estimated $51.6 billion to his name, landing him on Forbes' second annual list of the richest person in every state. Zuckerberg has gained $7 billion in just the 3 months since he appeared on the Forbes World's Billionaires List in March. He is currently the world's sixth-richest person.
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His gains reflect Facebook's record revenues and profits, which have been buoyed by growth in its user base and mobile advertising. As of April, the site boasted 1.65 billion monthly users, up 15% in the last year. The company is also investing heavily in virtual reality, artificial intelligence and improving global Web access. Nearly two years after buying virtual reality startup Oculus,
Meanwhile, Ellison has lost around $4 billion since Forbes named him the wealthiest man in the Golden State in April 2015, when his fortune was worth $52.8 billion. The decline was largely due to a 10.5% dip in the value of his Oracle shares, which make up the bulk of his assets. Impressive growth in the company's cloud services hasn't made up for its lagging traditional software business, which has depressed revenues. Ellison stepped down as Oracle's CEO in September 2014.
For this year's list, fortunes were calculated based on May 6 stock prices.
