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SHARE Elon Musk, the billionaire founder of Tesla Motors who overtook Jeff Bezos as the world s richest person last month, could see his fortune swell to almost $270 billion if the electric vehicle maker hits a target price of $1,200 per share forecast by a technology analyst, who predicted a surge in the company s shares last year. Mr Musk, who owns about 20 per cent of the company’s 947.9 million shares, is currently worth $194.8bn, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. He also sits on around $42bn of unrealised paper gains on vested stock options, received in 2012 and 2018. “2020 was a breakout year for Tesla, but in our view, the fireworks aren t over. Even after a 10 times return over the past 12 months, we don t think investors should be selling this stock,” Alex Potter, a senior research analyst at US investment bank Piper Sadler said in a note to clients. ....