Elon Musk is now the world’s second richest person

Elon Musk, the enigmatic and eccentric CEO of four different companies, has always been a captivating, and controversial figure. From the infamous ‘going private at $420’ tweet and a public stoush with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to marketing flamethrowers and smoking cannabis on-air during a podcast, Musk is never far from the headlines of the investing world, it seems.

But that reputation has done nothing to dent this man’s ability to make money – a fact on full display today. Reporting in the Australian Financial Review (AFR) today reveals that, as measured by the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, Elon Musk is now the world’s second-richest person. He displaces the long-term incumbent of the…