Mark Zuckerberg is now the FOURTH richest person in the world pushing his fortune up to $50 billion as Facebook stocks soar during his two-month paternity leave

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Facebook stocks have soared 9.6% this year, Amazon has dropped 18%
It means Mark Zuckerberg has gone from 6th richest to 4th, now at $50bn
The shift all happened while he was at home on two-month paternity leave
Amazon's Jeff Bezos has dropped from 4th richest to 6th, losing $10.6bn
Bill Gates remains top followed by Amancio Ortega and Warren Buffett
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Published: 13:02 EST, 3 February 2016 | Updated: 14:26 EST, 3 February 2016

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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, who is currently on paternity leave, 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.

The 31-year-old, who is currently on paternity leave, saw his fortune climb to $50 billion once stocks closed, continuing a surprisingly successful start to 2016 for the social network

Amazon's Jeff Bezos (left), who started 2016 the fourth-richest worth $59.7 billion, is now worth $49.1 billion, pushing him out of the top five richest list. Carlos Slim (right) is clinging on in fifth place after losing $3.3 billion

Meanwhile, his fellow billionaires are floundering.

Amazon's Bezos, who started January 2016 the fourth-richest worth $59.7 billion, is now worth $49.1 billion, pushing him out of the top five richest list.

He lost $6 billion in just one day on Wednesday. Since the first trading day of the year, the e-marketing firm has slumped a staggering 18 per cent, which is worth $10.6 billion.

Still, he is a significant way up from this time last year, when he was 16th on the list.