Boston/Princeton — A surge in after-hours trading for Amazon.com added $3.3bn to the fortune of Jeff Bezos, putting him less than $5bn away from becoming the world’s richest person. Bezos’s fortune has surpassed $80bn for the first time, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. He has added $65.2bn to his net worth since the index debuted in March 2012, and ended Thursday with a net worth of $79bn. His net worth will surpass $80bn on the index for the first time if the gains hold on Friday. Amazon shares added almost $50 after the company projected sales that may beat estimates in the current quarter, furthering an unbroken 20-year streak of double-digit revenue growth. Amazon had first-quarter sales of $35.7bn and earnings of $1.48 a share, beating Wall Street analyst expectations. Shares closed at $918.38 on Thursday and reached as high as $965 after hours. The rise for Bezos beat the after-hours gains seen by Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin. The pair added $1....
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