Elon Musk (L); Jeff Bezos.Photo: Pascal Le Segretain/Getty; John Shearer/Getty
Elon Muskis officially the wealthiest person in the world.
The Tesla and SpaceX CEO, 49, surpassedJeff Bezoson theBloomberg Billionaires IndexThursday, with a total net worth of $188.5 billion — $1.5 billion more than the net worth of the Amazon founder and CEO.
Rounding out the top five are Microsoft mogulBill Gatesat No. 3 with $132 billion, LVMH CEOBernard Arnaultat No. 4 with $114 billion and Facebook founder and CEOMark Zuckerbergat No. 5 with $99.9 billion.
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Muskrespondedto the milestone moment on Twitter Thursday in response to a user who tweeted the news.
“How strange,” he wrote. “Well, back to work …”
Bloomberg reported back in November that Musk’s financial surge came as Tesla’s market share hit $500 billion, an all-time high for the electric automaker company.
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Musk, afather of six, is also the chairman of theMusk Foundationand oversees SpaceX, whichlaunched two trips into spacelast year.
Gates' net worth would likely be higher if not for his philanthropy. In 2020, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation announced adonation of $125 milliontoward potential COVID-19 vaccines.
source: people.com
