China News Service, January 8th. According to US media reports on the 7th, Bloomberg’s Billionaires Index showed that due to the recent surge in the share price of Tesla Inc., the company’s CEO Musk surpassed Amazon’s founder Bezos to become The richest man in the world.
Data map: The picture shows Tesla CEO Musk.
According to reports, on the 7th local time, Tesla's stock price rose by 6%, the value of Musk's stocks and options increased by 10 billion US dollars, and its net assets reached approximately 191 billion US dollars.
Bezos's share price in Amazon only rose by less than 2%, up about 3 billion US dollars, and its net worth reached 187 billion US dollars.
In addition, Microsoft founder Bill Gates ranked third, worth $132 billion.
After hearing the news of becoming the world's richest man, Musk replied on social media, "Well, I'm back to work..."
Image source: Screenshot of Musk's social media.
According to reports, in addition to the development of electric vehicles at Tesla, Musk has also been involved in many fields such as the Internet, finance, aerospace, energy, and artificial intelligence.
The US Space Exploration Technology Company (SpaceX) he runs is advancing three projects, including manned "Dragon" spacecraft, "Starlink" and "Starship".
The manned "Dragon" spacecraft and "Starship" projects are designed to fly manned to space.