Chinanews, January 8th, a comprehensive report, a few days ago, Bloomberg published an article saying that Tesla CEO Elon Musk surpassed Amazon founder Jeff Bezos to become the world's new richest man.
Unexpectedly, shortly after Bloomberg's announcement, "Forbes" said otherwise: Musk is not the world's first!
What is going on here?
Data map: The picture shows Musk, CEO of Tesla and founder of American Space Exploration Technology Company.
Bloomberg announced:
Musk became the world's richest man
"Elon Musk, the richest man in the world." In a report on January 7, Bloomberg was straightforward.
The article said that on the same day, Tesla's stock price soared 7.9%, making Musk's ranking on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index surpassing Amazon's founder Bezos.
As of January 8, the latest ranking of the Bloomberg Billionaires Index shows that Musk's worth has reached 195 billion US dollars, and Bezos is 185 billion US dollars.
Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft, ranks third, with a net worth of US$134 billion.
The picture shows a screenshot of the Bloomberg Billionaire Index ranking.
It is worth noting that in July 2020, Musk surpassed Warren Buffett to become the world's seventh richest person; in August, he surpassed LV boss and LVMH Group chairman Arnott to become the fourth richest person; in September, he Surpassed Facebook founder Zuckerberg to become the third richest man; in November, he surpassed Bill Gates to become the second richest man.
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."
Image source: Screenshot of Musk's social media.
After hearing the news of becoming the world's richest man, Musk replied on social media, "It's strange", and then said, "Well, I'm back to work..."
Forbes said otherwise:
Wait a minute, Musk is not number one yet
While the world was paying close attention to the richest man in the new world, Forbes issued an article saying:
"Although Elon Musk’s net worth has soared in recent months-Bloomberg reports that he is now the richest man in the world-according to Forbes estimates, Elon Musk is still the world's No. Two rich people."
The picture shows a screenshot of the real-time statistics of Forbes.
"Forbes" explained that as of 14:30 on the 7th Eastern Time, Tesla's stock has risen by 7%, increasing Musk's net assets by $9.8 billion to $175.2 billion, but it is still ranked first Bezos, the founder of Amazon.
"Forbes" estimates that Bezos' net worth is $186.8 billion.
Profile picture: Bezos
However, "Forbes" also admitted that in the past year, Musk's net assets "have seen astronomical growth."
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
"The tireless iron man"
Musk's "promotion" road
"The most successful and important entrepreneur in the world", this is the "New York Times" evaluation of Musk.
How did this young man born in South Africa become a world-renowned tech tycoon?
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.
Today, Musk has successfully achieved breakthroughs in many areas: creating an online payment platform PayPal, managing electric car manufacturer Tesla, and space exploration technology company SpaceX, etc.
Especially his "Martian Dream" has attracted much attention.
As early as September 2016, Musk released the blueprint for landing on Mars at the International Astronautical Conference, saying that "if things are super smooth", manned landing on Mars "may take a 10-year period."
On December 9, 2020, the "Xingzhou" prototype SN8 launched by SpaceX fell down about 6 minutes after successfully lifted off and exploded.
However, after the explosion, Musk still had confidence in the future and posted on social media: "We have got all the data we need, congratulations to the SpaceX team!" "Mars, here we are!"
Many years ago, on the podium of the graduation ceremony of the California Institute of Technology, Musk screamed: "Don't let anything hinder you from moving forward, and create miracles!"
This time, will he "create miracles" as he wishes?
let us wait and see.