Tesla CEO Musk becomes the world's richest man, surpassing Amazon CEO by $1.5 billion

  Overseas Network, January 8th. Tesla CEO Elon Musk's personal net worth rose to 185 billion U.S. dollars (approximately RMB 1,198.06 billion), surpassing Amazon CEO Bezos to become the world's richest man.

Tesla is currently up 4.5% and Amazon is up 1.8%.

  According to news from CNN Business Channel on the 7th, Tesla’s stock price rose by more than 5% in the early part of the 7th, approaching a historical high of US$800 (about 5180.8 yuan). Bloomberg pointed out that Musk’s net worth rose to US$188.5 billion. (Approximately RMB 12207.26 billion), with a difference of US$1.5 billion (approximately RMB 9.71 billion) to overtake Bezos, replacing the other party's position as the world's richest man since 2017.

  The 49-year-old Musk’s net worth is rocketing in 2020.

At the beginning of 2020, it is worth 27 billion U.S. dollars (about 74.85 billion yuan), and the ranking is only less than 50.

However, due to the continued improvement in the company’s profit performance, coupled with being included in the S&P 500 Index and being favored by Wall Street investors, Tesla’s share price surged 743% last year, making Musk the fastest growing wealth in history. people.

  It is understood that in addition to the development of electric vehicles in Tesla, Musk's SpaceX is also actively expanding the space market, and expressed the hope to use his wealth to benefit mankind and lead mankind into the era of space travel.

(Overseas Net Hou Xingchuan)