Mark Zuckerberg became the fourth-richest person in the world on Tuesday, leap-frogging over Jeff Bezos as Amazon's stocks plummet and Facebook's soar..
. The 31-year-old, saw his fortune climb to $50 billion once stocks closed, continuing a surprisingly successful start to 2016 for the social network.
Facebook has risen 9.5 per cent in the past month despite a rocky few weeks for US stocks.
It means that Zuckerberg has moved from sixth place to fourth place on the world billionaire list in just one week - all while he is off work to spend time with his newborn daughter Maxima.