Elon Musk became the richest man in the world – his fortune reached $ 185 billion

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Elon Musk became the richest man in the world – his fortune reached $ 185 billion

The head of SpaceX and Tesla Elon Musk has become the richest man in the world. His fortune is estimated at $ 185 billion, a billion more than Jeff Bezos, the creator of Amazon. Writes about this CNBC.

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The publication noted that at the beginning of the year, Musk’s fortune was $ 27 billion, thanks to which he was included only in the top 50 of the list. The fortune rose thanks to the growth of Tesla shares, the price of which soared nine times. At the time of writing the news, the company’s securities are traded at a price of $ 799.6 per share, and the capitalization is $ 757.6 billion. Musk reacted to the news by saying it was “weird.”

Forbes and Bloomberg have yet to update their rankings. According to the first, Musk is behind Bezos about $ 13 billion, and according to the rating of the latter, only $ 3 billion.

Recall that in July, Musk became the seventh in the ranking of the richest people on the planet, beating Warren Buffett. In November, he overtook Bill Gates to finish second.

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