Putin is becoming the richest man in the world, he can no longer pass Bill Gates.

“Amazon” founder Jeff Bezos and “Microsofft” Bill Gates, learned about the world's richest title last week, but the truly richest leader in the world can be Vladimir Putin, reports The Independent”, the Periscope broadcast.

Bill Browder, an American funder, reportedly told the senators last week that the Russian president is richer than Bezos and Gates.

According to “Newsweek”, Chief Executive Management Capital said he thinks Putin's wealth weighs about $200 billion.

“Newsweek” said the Browder company was once the biggest portfolio investor in Russia and that Browder was a shareholder in Gazprom, Surgutneftegas and other Russian state companies in the 1990s.

About that time Putin has reportedly made an agreement with Russian businessmen, who made him the world's richest “man”.

Putin's personal wealth has been the subject of debate and deep speculation in recent years.

“Newsweek” reports that officially Putnik that he earns $140,000 a year and lives in a modest apartment in Moscow.

Bezos and Gates have a value of more than $90 billion according to the latest data of “Bloomberg”.

Gates was named the richest person in this year's Forbes ranking. This publication in March estimated its wealth to be about $88 billion, ahead of Berkeley Hathaway Executive Chief Warren Buffett, whose fortune was quoted as being about $75.6 billion.. /Periscopi/