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Elon Musk is now the world’s richest person and his rise to the top spot is a blueprint for would-be billionaires everywhere.
Tesla founder Musk is now worth an estimated $195 billion, according to the Bloomberg billionaires index, eclipsing Jeff Bezos’s net worth of $185 billion.
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Bezos held the top spot for about three years. He got there by being an e-commerce-pioneer. Musk topped the list by getting electric vehicles right. And that’s the key to becoming the richest person in the world: Build a new, globally relevant industry.
Jan. 8, 2021 7:00 am ET
Federal and state officials are tapping regional and supermarket-based pharmacies to help speed up administration of Covid-19 vaccines amid a slower-than-planned rollout. Rite Aid Corp., Kroger Co. , Stop & Shop Supermarket LLC and other retailers are being asked to step in and provide inoculations to front-line workers and other vulnerable people. While the timeline is weeks earlier than planned, companies say they hope to test and troubleshoot protocols before distributing vaccines to the masses.
“We’re getting calls just because of the need,” said Colleen Lindholz, president of Kroger’s health-care business. Officials from South Carolina and Georgia reached out to Kroger this week, and the company has been providing shots to health-care professionals in its stores and sending staff to long-term facilities in Alaska, West Virginia, Texas and Arkansas.