Musk becomes the second richest man in the world

Elon Musk is now richer not only than Mark Zuckerberg, but also than Bill Gates. Only Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is richer than he is.

Tesla Inc. and SpaceX founder Elon Musk ranked second on the list of the world’s richest people, ahead of Microsoft founder Bill Gates. This follows from the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.

So Musk’s fortune was estimated at $ 127.9 billion. This year alone, he increased his net worth by $ 100.3 billion, the highest among the 500 richest people in the world.

At the same time, in January, Musk ranked 35th. It should be noted that the sharp increase in his fortune was caused by an increase in the value of Tesla shares.

At the same time, this is the second time in eight years that Gates has dropped below second place. The compilers of the index point out that if the Microsoft founder had not done so much charity, his fortune would have been greater. Now it is estimated at $ 127.7 billion.

The first place goes to the founder of the Internet company Amazon Jeff Bezos.

The authors of the rating also note that this year was profitable for the richest people in the world who, despite the pandemic, managed to earn 1.3 trillion dollars.

Recall that a week earlier, Musk surpassed Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and was ranked third on the list.

Before that, Elon Musk was reported to be making nearly $ 10 billion per day. So Musk’s fortune was estimated at $ 99.3 billion.The increase in Musk’s fortune is due to the growth in the value of Tesla’s shares.

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