Los Angeles, CA – Elon Musk edged past Amazon founder Jeff Bezos to grab the title of world’s richest person, according to Bloomberg.
A 6% rise in Tesla (TSLA) shares early Thursday lifted the value of its CEO’s stock holdings and options by $10 billion, taking his net worth to about $191 billion. A more modest rise of less than 2% lifted Bezos’ Amazon (AMZN) shares by about $3 billion, putting his net worth at $187 billion.
Bloomberg’s real-time billionaire tracker still has Bezos about $3 billion ahead of Musk. But the tracker doesn’t update until the end of the trading day. Bloomberg posted an article confirming Musk’s title.
Bill Gates is now a distant third at $132 billion, according to Bloomberg.
Pictured: Elon Musk
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