5 Richest Media Owners in the World

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1. Jeff Bezos

Net worth: $196.8 billion
Age: 57

Topping the list of the 15 richest media owners in the world is Amazon.com’s founder Jeff Bezos. The richest man in the world is looked up to for the success of his e-commerce empire Amazon.com Inc, cloud computing giant Amazon Web Services, and aerospace venture Blue Origin. On top of that, Through Amazon Prime Video, one of the most popular subscription video-on-demand providers in the world, Jeff Bezos became one of the richest media owners in the world. Amazon Original shows and movies continue to be released on Prime Video around the world. The fourth quarter saw Prime Video’s highest global viewership for live sports. In the United States, Prime Video’s exclusive coverage of the San Francisco 49ers vs. Arizona Cardinals game on December 26 attracted an estimated 11.2 million total viewers and set a new record for streaming average-minute-audience for an NFL regular-season game.

The serial entrepreneur owns private companies that operate in the media and entertainment industry. Jeff Bezos owns one of the biggest newspaper companies in the US, The Washington Post. In 2013, Bezos acquired the newspaper firm for $250 million through his private company Nash Holdings. On top of that, Jeff Bezos owns live-streaming website Twitch and movie and tv program database IMDb. 

The company’s revenue in 2020 came in at $386.1 billion, up 38% compared to 2019. Shares of AMZN increased 48% over the past twelve months.

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