Elon Musk overtakes Jeff Bezos to become world's richest person as wealth tops $185bn
8th January,2021 12:35
American businessman and entrepreneur Elon Musk is now the richest person with a net worth of $185bn (£136bn). This was after the Tesla and Space X entrepreneur had a massive increase in shares price on Thursday 7th January, 2021.
Elon took the spot from the boss of Amazon Jeffery Preston Bezos who has been had held the spot since 2017. Mr Musk's electric car company Tesla has surged in value this year, and hit a market value of $700bn (£516bn) for the first time on Wednesday.
By: Yaw Indomie
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