Tesla s Musk Gains on Amazon s Bezos on Forbes Richest List
Bezos wealth recently stood at $185.7 billion, while Musk wasn t far behind at $168.4 billion on Forbes real-time list.
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Jan 6, 2021 4:00 PM EST
The battle for the title of richest person in the world is getting a little tighter, with Tesla’s (
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Bezos s wealth recently stood at $185.7 billion, down $1.9 billion, or 1.02%, from 5 p.m. ET Tuesday, according to Forbes’ Real-Time Billionaire’s List. Musk s fortune, meanwhile, stood at $168.4 billion, up $7 billion, or 4.34%, over the same amount of time.
Stock prices probably explain most of the moves. Amazon shares slid 2.6% Wednesday to $3,136.56 recently, while Tesla gained 2.8% to $755.93 on an analyst upgrade and optimism about the Georgia runoff elections for the electric car industry.