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 .
Elon Musk now world s richest man, overtaking Amazon s Jeff Bezos
The wealth of Elon Musk has exceeded that of Jeff Bezos by $10 billion, which led him to grab the title of the world s richest man.
January 8, 2021 08:18 GMT
When it comes to grabbing the title as the world s wealthiest person, billions are at stake, and Elon Musk has just unseated Jeff Bezos, the long-standing holder of the title.
Bloomberg Billionaires Index revealed that Tesla s Elon Musk has exceeded the personal wealth of Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon.com Inc., an has become the world s richest person. Musk s total net worth has shot up to $195 billion from his approximately $30 billion net worth about a year ago.
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Jan 08, 2021 06:21 AM EST
With a net worth of not less than $185 billion, business magnate, industrial designer, and engineer, Elon Musk just became the world s wealthiest person.
On Top of World s Richest People List
The increase in the share price of Tesla on Thursday catapulted Musk to pass Jeff Bezos, the person who had been the richest individual since 2017 and currently has a net worth of an estimated $184 billion.
The surge in the wealth of Musk over the past year marks the fastest rise of an individual to the top of the rich list in history as it has been a dramatic financial turnaround for the famed entrepreneur who was just 18 months ago was in the headlines due to the rapid cash burn of Tesla and his personal leverage against the stock of the company.
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The big picture: Serial entrepreneur Elon Musk has surpassed Amazon founder Jeff Bezos as the richest person in the world. Bezos has been at or near the top of the list for several years now, most of his wealth owing to his stake in Amazon. Musk, meanwhile, has seen his net worth swell substantially over the past year due to the skyrocketing share value of Tesla.
One year ago to the day, Tesla closed at a value of $93.81. As of writing, share value in Musk’s electric vehicle company is up nearly seven percent on the day and is trading at $807.09. The rally was enough to push Musk ahead of Bezos according to Bloomberg and its Billionaires Index, which ranks the world’s top 500 wealthiest people.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk became the world s richest person, overtaking Amazon founder Jeff BEzos. How strange, Musk tweeted, responding to a tweet about the news. Well, back to work ., he added. Bezos owns
The Washington Post. The title of world s richest caps an extraordinary run for Musk and Tesla, even during a pandemic when the world s economy grounded to a halt, with record lines outside food banks and elevated unemployment. Musk was criticised for repeated attempts to keep Tesla s plant open and then for bringing workers back onto the line as Covid-19 raged, and cases were even reported inside Tesla s facilities.