Elon Musk becomes world’s richest person

Elon Musk, the Tesla and SpaceX entrepreneur, has become the world’s richest person, with his net worth now thought to be $195 billion
                                                                                               Musk Bezos Gates Arnault Zuckerberg


FIVE RICHEST PEOPLE ($ billions)*
Combined gain in 2020: $269 billion

Bill Gates
Co-founder of Microsoft

Jeff Bezos
Founder of Amazon

Mark Zuckerberg
Co-founder and CEO of Facebook

Elon Musk: CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, saw surge in value of his electric car company

Bernard Arnault
Chairman of LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton

Musk was highest riser in 2020, gaining record $140 billion

$220
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180
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140
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40
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	Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan 8
				2020 			2021
$195bn
$185bn
$134bn
$116bn 
$102bn
                                                                                                                                  

OTHERS IN TOP 10
(6) Zhong Shanshan (Nongfu Spring) – $93bn, (7) Warren Buffett (Berkshire Hathaway) – $88bn, (8) Larry Page (Alphabet) – $84bn, (9) Sergey Brin (Alphabet) – $81bn, (10) Larry Ellison (Oracle) – $80bn 


*Net worth as of Jan 8, 2021


Sources: BBC, Bloomberg  
Pictures: AP 
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