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Will Jeff Bezos be richest person on December 31?

Everything Else · tracked since July 14, 2026 · last updated 5:00 AM ET

0.2%

Today’s odds

As of August 27, 2026, market-consensus odds put the chance at 0.2%.

Unchanged since the previous update. Probabilities are market-consensus forecasts, not predictions.

How the odds have moved

0%25%50%75%100%Jul 14Jul 19Aug 22Aug 24Aug 27Yes — Jul 14: 0.4%Yes — Jul 17: 0.4%Yes — Jul 18: 0.4%Yes — Jul 19: 0.5%Yes — Jul 25: 0.4%Yes — Aug 21: 1.0%Yes — Aug 22: 0.4%Yes — Aug 23: 0.4%Yes — Aug 24: 0.4%Yes — Aug 25: 0.4%Yes — Aug 26: 0.2%Yes — Aug 27: 0.2%0.2%

Every outcome we track

OutcomeAug 26TodayMove
Yes0.2%0.2%
Full history table
DateYes
2026-08-270.2%
2026-08-260.2%
2026-08-250.4%
2026-08-240.4%
2026-08-230.4%
2026-08-220.4%
2026-08-211.0%
2026-07-250.4%
2026-07-190.5%
2026-07-180.4%
2026-07-170.4%
2026-07-140.4%

Use this data. The full daily history behind this page is free to download and reuse with a link back to this page: Download the full daily odds history (CSV) · the same history as JSON · about the open data. Updated every morning; past values never change.

Common questions

Will Jeff Bezos be richest person on December 31 — what are the odds?
As of August 27, 2026, the market-consensus chance is 0.2%. That is the aggregated judgment of traders with money at stake, reported by The Morning Line — not our own prediction.
Will Jeff Bezos be richest person on December 31 — how much have the odds move?
Barely. Across 12 tracked days the odds held near 0.4%, ending at 0.2% on August 27, 2026 — a question the market has not changed its mind about.

About this question

The Morning Line has reported the market-consensus odds on “Will Jeff Bezos be richest person on December 31” for 12 days, since July 14, 2026. As of August 27, 2026, market-consensus odds sit at 0.2%. The chance for a yes has held near 0.4% across that stretch. These are reported probabilities, not our own predictions. This page updates every morning with the full daily history, free to download as JSON or CSV.

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