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Elon Musk Just Surpassed Jeff Bezos as the Richest Man in the World
Elon Musk is the richest man in the world! Check out how his meteoric rise surpassed Jeff Bezos.
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Elon Musk — the man behind SpaceX and Tesla — has just become the richest person in the world, surpassing CEO Amazon Jeff Bezos, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, which is a comprehensive ranking of the 500 wealthiest people in the world.
This comes on the heels of a 4.8% boost in Tesla's share price on Thursday — which pushed the outspoken entrepreneur beyond the riches of Amazon Founder Jeff Bezos.
Elon Musk's net worth was steady at $188.5 billion at 10:15 AM EST, $1.5 billion higher than Bezos' — who had remained in the number-one spot since October 2018. Musk is also a rival to Bezos — since the former's SpaceX is in direct competition with the latter's Blue Origin, in the hastening pace of the private space race.