Tesla Chief Elon Musk Named as the World's Richest Person:- Elon Musk, the entrepreneur behind Tesla Inc is named as the world's richest person. Elon Musk responded to this calling it strange. Elon Musk surpassed Jeff Bezos in the list of the Billionaires Index of Bloomberg which keeps a track of the world's 500 wealthiest people. The share price of Tesla came up by 4.8 percent on Thursday after which Elon Musk achieved the feet. His net worth touched 188.5 billion USD which named him the richest person. The Twitter account 'Tesla Owners of Silicon Valley' shared the news. Elon Musk responded saying 'How strange. Well, back to work'.