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Elon Musk named richest person in the world according to Bloomberg, Forbes disagrees
Elon Musk, the head of Tesla Inc and billionaire entrepreneur, has surpassed Amazon boss Jeff Bezos to become the world’s richest person, according to Bloomberg.
Key points:
- Elon Musk is the co-founder of PayPal, and heads car company Telsa, rocket company SpaceX and brain-machine start up Neuralink
- Forbes still has Mr Musk trailing Amazon’s Jeff Bezos by $US7.8 billion
- There is speculation the huge rise of Tesla stock is overblown with Mr Musk saying the shares are overpriced
Including Thursday’s gains in Tesla shares, the 49-year-old had a net worth of more than US$188.5 billion ($242.3 billion), US$1.5 billion ($1.9 billion) more than Mr Bezos, Bloomberg’s report said.
Mr Musk’s personal wealth was boosted last year when Tesla became the…
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