SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is the richest person in the world and maintains his place in the world’s billionaires list. Musk is not only the richest person in the world, but also widens the gap by adding wealth to his wealth every day. So much so that Musk’s wealth has even exceeded the combined wealth of Bill Gates and Warren Buffett.
As of October 18, Musk’s wealth is $236 billion in total, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. Bill Gates, on the other hand, ranks 4th on the list with a fortune of 130 billion dollars. Warren Buffett is in 10th place with a fortune of $ 103 billion.
The two names, who once held the titles of the richest person in the world, fell behind in the ranking. Jeff Bezos has also held the top spot on the list since 2017. Elon Musk surpassed Jeff Bezos in January to become the richest person in the world with a net worth of $185 billion.
So what is the reason for the increase in Elon Musk’s wealth? The strong performance of Tesla shares and the sale of shares in SpaceX were very effective in this. Musk added $60 billion to his fortune this year. The SpaceX deal also added $11 billion to Musk’s net worth.
Jeff Bezos is second on the list of the richest people in the world, with a fortune of $ 197 billion.
“Listen and keep an open mind, but don’t let anyone tell you who you are. This is just one of many stories telling us all the ways we’re going to fail. Today, Amazon is one of the most successful companies in the world and has revolutionized two completely different industries,” Bezos wrote. , Musk sent a silver medal emoji.
Listen and be open, but don’t let anybody tell you who you are. This was just one of the many stories telling us all the ways we were going to fail. Today, Amazon is one of the world’s most successful companies and has revolutionized two entirely different industries. Bastard. twitter. com/MgMsQHwqZl
— Jeff Bezos (@JeffBezos) October 11, 2021
The 10 Richest People in the World
According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, the 10 richest names as of October 18 are as follows;
- Elon Musk ($236 billion)
- Jeff Bezos ($197 billion)
- Bernauld Arnault ($164 billion)
- Bill Gates ($130 billion)
- Larry Page ($126 billion)
- Sergey Brin ($121 billion)
- Mark Zuckerberg ($121 billion)
- Larry Ellison ($110 billion)
- Steve Ballmer ($109 billion)
- Warren Buffet ($103 billion)
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- Elon Musk became the richest person in the world
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