Chinanews client, Beijing, January 9th (Zuo Yukun) If one day you became the richest man in the world, what would you do?
The answer given by the new richest man in the world is: keep working.
Data map: Musk, CEO of Tesla and founder of American Space Exploration Technology Corporation.
The live-action version of "Iron Man", Fortune Rocket Speed Soars
In the past two days, the world's richest man has changed!
As of the morning of the 9th Beijing time, the Forbes real-time rich list shows that Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s personal assets have reached US$189.7 billion (converted at the latest exchange rate, RMB 1.2283.08 billion), surpassing Amazon founder Jeff · Bezos became the new richest man in the world with $185.7 billion.
At the same time, China's new richest man and the sixth richest person in the world, Zhong Sui Sui, had a fortune of 95.6 billion US dollars, only about half of Musk's.
Screenshot from Forbes Real-time Rich List.
In fact, even earlier, the Bloomberg Billionaire Index had already pushed this "Silicon Valley domineering president" to the top of the world's wealth.
"Elon Musk, the richest man in the world." On the 7th, a Bloomberg report stated that Tesla's share price soared by 7.9% that day, making Musk's ranking on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index surpassing Bei Zos.
Bloomberg said that in the past year, Tesla's stock price has soared thanks to its continued profits.
Musk's wealth continues to increase, "this may be the fastest wealth creation in history."
The picture shows a screenshot of Bloomberg Billionaires Index ranking on the 8th.
It is said that the movie "Iron Man" is based on Musk's story, and the rising speed is indeed like riding a rocket.
But soon, Forbes poured cold water on the Rockets.
According to Forbes, Musk is still the second richest person in the world, and his net worth is still less than that of Bezos.
Fortunately, the "fight" of the two major lists ended with the opening of the US stock market on the 8th local time.
Tesla's stock price continued to rise, and Forbes' updates also allowed Musk to secure his position as the world's richest man.
In this regard, Musk is relatively calm.
He replied on social media, "It's weird" and then said, "Okay, go back to work..."
Screenshot from Musk's Weibo.
The richest man on earth wants to go to Mars
After becoming the richest man in the world, he went to work for the first time. Many people commented that this response was really "Versailles".
But this is normal for Musk, because he not only "goes to the sky", he really wants to "go to the sky."
"The most successful and important entrepreneur in the world", the New York Times once commented on Musk.
According to the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Musk was obsessed with science fiction as a child and liked everything related to electricity.
He has a wide range of interests, and he is very concerned about solar energy and artificial intelligence, and he is a tireless iron man at work.
Data map: Musk, CEO of Tesla and founder of American Space Exploration Technology Corporation.
Public information shows that Musk was born in South Africa in 1971 and has been obsessed with science since he was a child. He went to Canada to study at the age of 17 and went to the United States to study at the age of 21.
At that time, Musk, who was just in his early 20s, began to think about what would have a major impact on the future of mankind.
The three answers he gave were the Internet, clean energy and space exploration.
Therefore, the three companies Musk founded are the world's largest online payment platform PayPal, the first private private space exploration technology company SPACE X, and the most well-known new energy car giant Tesla.
But all his business layouts are for his ultimate dream-to Mars.
"The purpose of increasing our wealth is to hope that mankind can accelerate toward space civilization."
As a result, his Mars immigration plan also aroused many people to ridicule, "Tesla is just a tool for Musk to save money to go to Mars."
"If you are to be buried somewhere, born on Earth, and dying on Mars is a cool thing-but not because of an impact." Musk said in a recent interview that he expects to be in two or three years. After entering space, and hope to be buried on Mars after death.
On December 9, 2020 local time, the "Xingzhou" SN8 prototype launched by SpaceX exploded during a test mission.
Image source: Screenshot of SpaceX official website video
On December 9, 2020, netizens around the world also witnessed Musk’s latest adventure-SpaceX launched the starship SN8.
But unfortunately, SN8 fell about 6 minutes after successfully lifted off and exploded.
Even so, Musk seemed quite happy. He posted on social media: "We have all the data we need, congratulations to the Space X team!" "Mars, here we are!"
Not dying, Tesla has a "fu"
Musk's "strong heart" is not born.
Not only was there a slight deviation in the transportation to Mars this time, but the development of his transportation on Earth also experienced many ups and downs.
For Musk's summit, the obvious reason is that Tesla's stock price has been soaring recently.
Since November last year, Tesla’s stock price has broken through the five barriers of US$400, US$500, US$600, US$700, and US$800 in just three months. In less than a week in the New Year, the stock price has risen from US$700. Rise to more than 800 US dollars, and sprint to 900 US dollars.
Tesla stock price chart.
As of the close of US local time on January 8, Tesla's stock price closed at US$880.02, with a total market value of US$834.172 billion.
Looking back at the beginning of 2020, Musk's net worth was "only" US$27 billion, ranking among the top 50 richest people in the world.
In other words, in a year, Musk's net worth has risen by more than $160 billion.
This growth figure alone exceeds all the assets of former richest man and Microsoft founder Bill Gates.
But you know, in 2018, Tesla almost went bankrupt.
"This year (experience) made me feel five years old. It was the hardest year of my career and it was particularly painful." Musk once said on social media that Tesla was only about one year away from bankruptcy. Months, the company was still studying how to mass produce Model 3.
As Tesla's Shanghai Super Factory Model 3 production capacity continues to climb, Tesla "is not dead."
According to the official data released by Tesla at the beginning of this year, the cumulative sales of Tesla in 2020 will be 499,500, basically reaching the planned target of 500,000 vehicles a year.
The delivery ceremony of Tesla Model 3 made in China.
Photo by Zhang Hengwei
At present, with the help of Tesla, Musk's road to wealth is still full of stamina.
A few days ago, Tesla China announced a 160,000 price cut for Model Y, and the pre-sale official website was instantly crowded.
In just a few days, the order volume has been scheduled to the second quarter of 2021.
Therefore, analysts at Morgan Stanley, one of the world's four largest investment banks, believe that Tesla's sales are expected to reach new highs.
For Musk, who owns 20.8% of Tesla shares, his wealth may be astronomical in the near future.
The richest man in the world just wants to rent a house
Speaking of this, Musk is going to "Versailles" again-"What if I have so much money, my house is rented."
Musk introduced in an interview with foreign media a few days ago that his main properties have been sold, and other properties are also being sold.
Two months ago, Musk just sold his house in Los Angeles, and it was bought by a Chinese.
"If I'm busy at work, I would prefer to sleep directly in the factory or office. If my children are there, I still need a place to live, so I tend to rent a place. However, in many cases I am the only one, so I really don't need a big house." Musk said.
Data map: Tesla's China "Super Factory" laid the foundation in Lingang, Shanghai, and Musk delivered a speech.
Photo by Zhang Hengwei
In many cases, Musk, who is only himself, is actually the father of six children.
He had 3 marriages and 5 children with 2 women.
In May of last year, he was pleased with the first baby of his current girlfriend Grimes.
The marriages of super-rich people often involve more property disputes.
You know, the divorce between the world's richest man Bezos and his ex-wife Mackenzie is "the most expensive divorce in history."
According to Bloomberg, if it were not for the divorce, Bezos' wealth would still lead Musk.
However, because Musk is very cautious about signing pre- and post-nuptial agreements, and is extremely active in the division of property at the time of divorce, the wealth his ex-wives obtain from divorce is also very limited.
In this way, even if Musk marries and divorces in the future, it probably won't have much impact on his own wealth.
Musk has become the richest man in the world, and he is still a budget-conscious "workaholic".
Don't say anything, let's keep working hard!
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