Elon Musk is already the richest man in the world, after unseating Jeff Bezos from the list of the world's top millionaires.
The CEO of Tesla has surpassed the founder of Amazon thanks to a relentless rise in the stock market of the titles of the automotive company.
The manufacturer on Wednesday exceeded 700,000 million euros of market capitalization at the close of the Wall Street session, with a figure of 717,000 million dollars at the end of the day, and the titles continue to rise this Thursday, at times over 760,000 million .
The boom is directly proportional to that of Musk's fortune, which would already control more than
185,000 million dollars (about 150,000 million euros)
, propped up in a
stock market
rally
that even improves in the first days of this new year, despite the doubts raised by protesters storming the Capitol in Washington.
The progression of the South African is dazzling, the fastest among global millionaires ever known, as is already recalled by various North American media, such as Bloomberg and CNBC.
In July, the businessman surpassed veteran investor
Warren Buffett
, at the helm of the Berkshire Hathaway firm;
Last November, Musk's fortune surpassed that of
Bill Gates
, founder of Microsoft.
Tesla, known for its volatility in the market, did prop up an unstoppable 2020 on the market, so much so that its securities were the best performing among the large listed companies.
Tesla's stock appreciated more than 700% last year, to reach a capitalization that doubles that of Volkswagen and Toyota, the second and third benchmark of the engine, if they were added together.
The company has taken advantage of the unstoppable pull of technology companies on the stock market.
The Nasdaq, the American index that brings them together, is the selective with the best evolution in 2020, during which it has managed to revalue 43%.
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