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After Tesla’s promotion on Thursday, the boss surpasses Jeff Bezos. Elon Musk is now the richest man in the world. Wealth: A staggering $ 185 billion. – How strange, write on Twitter.
Report to CNBC Thursday afternoon.
Musk became the richest man in the world when his fortune reached $ 185 billion. On Thursday afternoon, Tesla’s rise on Wall Street continues. Hence, wealth is also continuing to increase at the time of writing this article.
At Thursday’s share price, $ 185 billion equals almost 1.56 billion crowns.
This means that Musk can afford to buy 1.3 million of Tesla’s most expensive car, the Model X, with a Norwegian price tag of NOK 1.18 million.
Wealth is also at the same level as Norway’s total spending on the state budget this year.
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It’s Thursday’s surge in Tesla stock on Thursday that lifts Musk up the list. The stock was up 5.6 percent Thursday afternoon to more than $ 798 a share.
The increase follows last year’s huge increase in the share of electric cars. In 2020, the share increased above 740 percent.
The richest people in the world have even managed to comment on their new, for some coveted, first place:
– How strange, Musk writes in response to a tweet about his new position.
– Well, back to work, write more.
Musk owns 20 percent of Tesla shares and also has about $ 42 billion in paper earnings realized through options, writes Bloomberg.
Stop by Bezos
Before Musk assumed the throne, it was the head of Amazon, Jeff Bezos, who since 2017 was the richest man in the world. He currently has a fortune of around $ 184 billion, according to CNBC.
Bezos divorced Mackenzie Scott in 2019 and took 75 percent of Amazon’s shares after the divorce. If he hadn’t lost a quarter of his fortune, chances are he would still have been the richest man in the world, writes Bloomberg.
Shares of Amazon were up 1.58 percent on Wall Street on Thursday afternoon, but are down two percent since New Years.
Tesla, on the other hand, is up more than 12 percent in the last week.
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The fastest ever to the top
Musk has increased his fortune considerably in the last year, and is the fastest growing man in history to the top of the rich list.
In early 2020, Musk had a fortune of around $ 27 billion. It barely gave him a spot on the list of the world’s 50 richest, writes CNBC.
The Tesla boss’s fortune has risen to $ 158 billion in just over a year.
In November, Musk surpassed Bill Gates and became the second richest man in the world. In the last year alone, Musk’s fortune has grown more than the Microsoft founder’s fortune, which is around $ 132 billion.
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