The capital of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg increased only for July 27 by $ 3.8 billion after the growth of stock prices, thereby allowing him to rise to the fifth place in the ranking of the richest people in the world according to Forbes, overtaking the Mexican businessman Carlos Slim.

As of Friday evening, Zuckerberg's personal fortune is $ 71.7 billion according to the Forbes rating, which calculates changes in billionaires' real-time capital.

In early trading on Thursday, Facebook shares rose 5% on the back of the company's financial results in the second quarter and for the half-year of 2017, published on Wednesday "after the close of the trading session".

Net profit Facebook in the first half of 2017 increased by 1.7 times compared to the same period last year and amounted to 6.959 billion dollars.

As a result, Zuckerberg overtook the Mexican businessman Carlos Slim, who currently occupies the sixth line with a fortune of 68.7 billion dollars.