Amazon founder Jeff Bezos broke records yesterday as he saw the largest ever growth in wealth in one day.

The mogul earned a whopping $13 billion dollars in just 24 hours, bringing his net worth to $189.3 billion.

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So the social desk at @MetroUK set themselves a challenge to spend Jeff Bezos& #39; money.

Trust us, it& #39;s harder than you think it would be.
We started with the important and helpful things.

Let& #39;s eradicate global malnutrition, polio and malaria.

Working off current suggested figures for those three major issues combined, Bezos still has a grand total of $149 billion.
OK. Now Jeff is a busy boy and he needs something to unwind with.

Sport is a great way to blow off stress and bond with your mates.

So let& #39;s buy him the entire Premier League, estimated at $5.7 billion.

That leaves us with $143.3 billion.
We still have a lot to spend. So how can we dent this obscene sum?

Jeff needs a fighter jet, because what billionaire CEO doesn& #39;t need a small army at his disposal.

Ten F-22 Raptors. That should do it. $1.4 billion.

Left over: $141.9 billion.
If we have planes, we need cars.

Big Daddy Bezos needs a good car.

The Bugatti La Voiture Noire is the most expensive car in the world.

Let& #39;s get him one for each day of the week and special ones for Christmas, Easter and his birthday.

He still has $140,100,000,000 billion.
We& #39;ve ended malnutrition, sure. But people are still hungry.

We& #39;ve decided to buy a Big Mac meal for everyone in China.

$8.3 billion worth of burgers, fries and fizzy pop leaves us with $131,800,000,000.
Ridiculously rich men need ridiculously expensive houses, and what is more ridiculous than the London housing market?

The five most expensive houses in London cost $263m, which is pocket change to Bezos. Let& #39;s take them.

After all we& #39;re still left with $131,537,000,000.
Socrates once wrote that an education obtained with money is worse than no education at all.

But he& #39;s never had to apply for a student loan so what does he know?!

America& #39;s most expensive college is Vassar, let& #39;s send J-Money on a four year course.

$131,536,760,452 remains
He& #39;s completed college now, let& #39;s send him on a gap year.

He& #39;s already used his 10 cars and 10 fighter jets. Let& #39;s get him a yacht.

Roman Abramovich currently owns the world& #39;s most expensive yacht. But that only takes $1.5 billion from our account leaving $130,036,760,452.
Cheers to the UK! https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🍻" title="Anstoßende Bierkrüge" aria-label="Emoji: Anstoßende Bierkrüge">

The next round is on Jeff! One pint for everyone in the UK, comes in at $335.17m.

Despite Jeff getting one in for the Brits, he still has $129,701,590,452.
A mass pub crawl across the British Isles is tiring work. Let& #39;s go on holiday! https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🌴" title="Palme" aria-label="Emoji: Palme">

A year on Richard Branson& #39;s privately owned Necker Island should suffice.

And with a price tag of $17 billion, that makes our bank total $112,701,590,452.
The Rolling Stones are not only legends, but they also used to come with the most expensive concert tickets.

Let& #39;s say they reunite and play the world& #39;s largest stadium in Pyongyang, South Korea.
The only problem is, Jeff is still concerned about social distancing so just to be safe he& #39;s going to buy up every single ticket.

His personal concert only sets him back $98.6 million.

Somehow he still has $112,602,990,452 left for us to play with.
This summer has been terrible so we& #39;re going to buy a Mr. Whippy for every child in the UK.

I don& #39;t really know how but we still have $112,575,058,412.
Can& #39;t believe it took us this long but it& #39;s time to thank each and every one of our Key Workers!

Spa day sound good? It& #39;ll only set us back $832 million.

$111,743,058,412 left.
We& #39;ve decided we& #39;re going to pay off the entirety of the US& #39; medical debt which currently stands at $81 billion.

Despite saving thousands of people from declaring bankruptcy, we still have $30,743,058,412 in our private piggy bank.
Two contentious topics in the UK:

How much it costs to pay for the Royal Family each year and BBC License Fees. Let& #39;s use Jeff& #39;s billions to pay the combined $3,897,000,000.

How much do we have left?

OH ONLY $26,846,058,412.
While we& #39;re at it, let& #39;s buy a Freddo for everyone in America so they can enjoy the sweet taste of a British classic without having to learn about the price increase.
Despite us spending $162,553,733,288, Jeff Bezos is would still be worth more than the GDP of Jamaica

Take from this what you will.
How would you spend the remaining $26,746,266,712?
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