Zuckerberg’s net worth surpassed Warren Buffett as the world’s third-richest person as Facebook shares climbed 2.4% to close at a record $203.23 last Friday. Facebook Inc. co-founder Mark Zuckerberg is now the third richest man on earth as his net worth surged to $81.6 billion as at Thursday, July 5, 2018.According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, Zuckerberg’s net worth surpassed Warren Buffett as the world’s third-richest person as Facebook shares climbed 2.4% to close at a record $203.23 last Friday.Warren Buffett now maintains the fourth position with $81.2 billion. The first two are Amazon.com Inc. founder Jeff Bezos and Microsoft Corp. co-founder Bill Gates with $142 billion and $94.2 billion respectively.With Zuckerberg on the number three spot, this is the first time that the top three wealthiest persons in the world all made their fortunes in technology.ALSO READ: On Zuckerberg’s net worth, Religious activist says “Nigerians should stop paying tithes to pulpit bandits”Recently, Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook unveiled its first flagship community hub space in Africa.The community hub was launched in Lagos, Nigeria, in partnership with Co-Creation Hub (CC_HUB) alongside seven other hubs across the country including in Abuja (Ventures Platform), Jos (nHub), Kaduna (Colab Hub), Kano (DI Hub), Uyo (Start Innovation Hub), Enugu (Roar Hub) and Port Harcourt (Ken Saro Wiwa Hub).Also from Business Insider Sub-Sahara Africa:Tech giant extended its Launchpad Accelerator programme to 12 African countriesThe African Econometric Society will host renowned economists in Benin Republic next weekLondon City’s Mayor, Charles Bowman was in Lagos to discuss possible collaborations in fintech, here are the highlightsNigeria’s online savings platform secures $1.1 million seed funding to develop its products and expand massivelyThese 6 banks invested N155.45 billion into the sinking fund in 3 yearsNigeria approves framework that will see a new price for dataInstagram now allows you post an hour-long video with IGTV, here’s how it worksThis is how N1.
