Elon Musk topped the world’s top billionaire rankings again: Tesla shares up 3% got him there. Musk’s real-time net worth is estimated at $241.1 billion, $5.5 billion more than his closest competitor, Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy chief executive Bernard Arnault.
The head of Tesla and SpaceX has once again become the richest man on the planet according to Forbes Real Time. The billionaire’s fortune is estimated at $241.1 billion, according to rating data.
Musk’s fortune has grown by 4.5 billion dollars in the last day due to the rise in the price of Tesla shares, which he manages and in which he owns a 23% stake in shares and options. The company’s shares rose 3.1% on news about the granting of loans for the purchase of electric vehicles.
Musk displaced Bernard Arnault, head of the Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy group, whose net worth fell 1.16% to $234.6 billion in the past 24 hours. Musk and Arnault are followed by Amazon founder and former CEO Jeff Bezos with a net worth of $151.9 billion.
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Source: RB
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