Elon Musk's net worth is now only trailing behind the richest man in the world with a $3 billion gap between them! Jeff Bezos' net worth has dropped to $184 billion from the previous record in an article we did two days ago where he was still leading by $11 billion. It seems like it is now only a matter of time before a new man is crowned the richest man in the world.
Elon Musk Real-time Net Worth
When checking the Bloomberg Billionaires Index every day, it is quite noticeable how aggressive Elon Musk's net worth soars with Tesla stocks also increasing by the day. Tesla has also reportedly grown a massive 4.9% as of Wednesday afternoon which catapulted the growth of Elon Musk's net worth since he reportedly owns 20% of his company according to an article by CNBC last August 2020. Of course, Tesla is not Elon Musk's only company as he also owns SpaceX, The Boring Company, and a number of other investments.
According to an article by the Daily Mail, Elon Musk is now on track to actually land the spot of the richest man in the world after his net worth has increased to a whopping "$184.5 billion." However, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, Elon Musk's net worth is at $181 billion while Amazon's Jeff Bezos leads at $184 billion.
How rich is Elon Musk today?
The article by The Daily Mail maintains that Jeff Bezos has been the richest person in the world ever since 2017 and is currently worth "187billion,". Bloomberg Billionaires Index however shows that it is currently at $184 billion as of this writing. Either way, both suggests that the gap between the two billionaires is now only $3 billion.
Elon Musk has reportedly been able to massively increase his own wealth by over $146 billion in the span of only 12 months. It is important to note that the bulk of his growth happened during the coronavirus pandemic while other companies all around the world started to go bankrupt.
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Elon Musk and Tesla profits
Tesla has also reported a series of significantly profitable quarters all throughout 2020 and even joined the S&P 500, establishing itself as one of the most valuable businesses in the whole world. The growth of Tesla has been massive as it initially started out being worth only $93.81 at the start of last year and is currently worth $755.98 on the time of this report. In order to check the worth and growth of Tesla, click this link to Yahoo Finance.
When the year started, we initially reported a $20 billion gap between the two billionaires but in a span of only 7 days, it seems like the billionaire has been able to close the gap to just $3 billion! In order to understand the gravity of this massive gain, if hypothetically Elon Musk gained a fixed amount per day this 2021, the billionaire would have to earn around $3 billion per day! That's $125 million per hour and a little over $2 million a minute!
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Written by Urian Buenconsejo
