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Elon Musk, founder of Tesla, an American electric vehicle company, has surpassed Amazon's CEO Jeff Bezos to become the world's richest man.

This is because Tesla's stock price soared in a year, and some point out that it was overvalued compared to its earnings.



This is Kim Young-ah.



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Elon Musk, who visited the Tesla factory in Shanghai, China in January last year, performed in front of employees.



The excitement was not concealed when the production line was expanded from the United States to China.



Tesla's stock price, which was less than $100 at the time, has since soared terribly and has soared more than eight times in a year.



Musk's net worth was about 206 trillion won in our money, surpassing Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, who had been the No. 1 leader for more than three years, with 1.6 trillion won to become the richest in the world.



It was ranked 50th at the beginning of last year, but in July it surpassed Warren Buffett to climb to 7th place, and in November it jumped to 2nd place, beating Bill Gates.



Musk is also the founder of Space X, which opened the civilian space era by successfully launching a manned spacecraft last May.



Musk has revealed that he is not interested in his own wealth and will not spare money for the opening of the space age.



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Some point out that Tesla produced only 500,000 units last year, and that the stock price is overvalued compared to its performance.



But the market is still enthusiastic about the futuristic imagination and bold momentum of the geek genius Musk.