Elon Musk is once again the richest man in the world
According to Forbes magazine’s list of the world’s richest people, Musk’s net worth rose 1.75 percent at noon local time to $240.7 billion. The increase in the valuation of Tesla’s shares by more than 2.5 percent was effective.
The wealth of Arnault, chairman of luxury goods giant LVMH, which owns Louis Vuitton, Christian Dior and Tiffany, fell more than 1 percent to $234.9 billion.
RETURNED TO THE FIRST RANK
Thus, Musk overtook Arnault and took first place in the list of the richest people in the world.
Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon and the world’s richest person for a time, came in third with a fortune of $151.9 billion.
BILL GATES WEALTH IS $120.6 BILLION
Bezos was followed by Oracle founder and former CEO Larry Ellison with $148.1 billion, Microsoft founder Bill Gates with $120.6 billion and Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffet with $117.3 billion.
Musk, who bought Twitter for $44 billion last year, changed the company’s logo from “blue bird” to the letter “X” yesterday and directed the domain name X.com to the site. (AA)