Mark Zuckerberg's net worth jumps $5B in 2017

Mark Zuckerberg already is having a good year.

In just the first two week of 2017, the Facebook Inc. (Nasdaq: FB) founder’s net worth is up more than $5 billion, according to Forbes.

As a result, Zuckerberg, who owns 410 million company shares, has more than recouped the losses he suffered in the weeks following Donald Trump's election, when his net worth fell 7 percent to $49 billion, the magazine reports.

Forbes real-time rankings of the world’s billionaires puts Zuck at $53.8 billion – the fifth-richest man in the world. The famous Harvard dropout still has some catching up to do before he cracks the top four – Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, Jeff Bezos and Amancio Ortega of Spain each hold a fortune of more than $70 billion.

Forbes data was compiled between the start of normal trading hours on Jan. 3 and the end of normal trading Jan. 13.

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