Bezos vs Page

Amazon and Alphabet (Google).

The differences

Forbes puts Jeff Bezos about $94.7B ahead of Larry Page.Forbes figures from 9 Oct 2026 and 15 Oct 2026.
Both started the company their money comes from.
Jeff Bezos is about 9 years older than Larry Page.

Put someone else on either side

Bezos

Page

Net worth, Forbes: $381BForbes, 9 Oct 2026; $286BForbes, 15 Oct 2026
Net worth, Bloomberg: $361BBloomberg, 17 Oct 2026; $292BBloomberg, 17 Oct 2026
Forbes rank: No. 2Real-Time list, 9 Oct 2026; No. 3Real-Time list, 9 Oct 2026
Billionaire since: 1998Debuted on the Forbes 400 in 1998 with $1.6 billion; 2004Listed at $1.0 billion on the 2004 Forbes World's Billionaires list

How it started: Founded itFounded Amazon in 1994; Co-founded itFounded Google with Sergey Brin in 1998
Main source: Amazon stockForbes lists Amazon as the source of wealth; Alphabet (Google) stockForbes lists Google as the source of wealth
Companies: Amazon, Blue OriginAmazon: Founder and executive chair (since July 2021); Blue Origin: Founder and owner; Alphabet (Google)Alphabet (Google): Co-founder and director
Biggest stake: Blue Origin93% owned; Alphabet (Google)6% owned

Born: 12 Jan 1964Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States; 26 Mar 1973East Lansing, Michigan, United States
Country: United StatesLives in Miami, Florida, United States; United StatesLives in Palo Alto, California, United States
Education: Bachelor's degreePrinceton University, electrical engineering and computer science, 1986; Graduate degreeBS in engineering (computer engineering), University of Michigan; MS in computer science, Stanford University
Parents: His parents were 17 and 18 when he was born; early on he worked on his maternal grandparents' ranch in Cotulla, Texas; Father, Carl Victor Page, was a computer science professor at Michigan State UniversityMother's occupation not in the cited sources

Giving Pledge: Not a signer; Not a signer
Foundation: Bezos Earth FundAlso the Bezos Day One Fund; he committed $10 billion to the Earth Fund in 2020 for this decade; Carl Victor Page Memorial FoundationForbes says more than 99% of its grants (about $1.3 billion) went to donor-advised funds
Lifetime giving: $2.4BForbes, 15 Sep 2026. Granted through the Bezos Earth Fund only (the fund's own site shows the same $2.4 billion); no total across all his giving is cited; $0BForbes, 1 Sep 2024. About $7 million of trackable grants; excludes about $1.3 billion moved to donor-advised funds whose payouts Forbes could not track

Role now: Runs the companyExecutive chair of Amazon; co-CEO of Project Prometheus; On the boardAlphabet co-founder and board member
Successor: Andy Jassy, Amazon president and CEO since July 2021No Bezos family member is named in an Amazon executive role; Sundar Pichai, Alphabet CEO since December 2019Alphabet reports no family relationships among its directors or executive officers
Public office: None found; None found
Legal record: None found; None found