Jeff Bezos has been dethroned as the world’s richest person. The title now belongs to Elon Musk , according to CNBC.
The outlet reported on Jan. 7 that “Thursday’s increase in Tesla’s share price pushed” Elon past the 56-year-old Amazon founder.
The Tesla CEO’s net worth is estimated to be more than $185 billion, while Bezos’ is about $184 billion, per CNBC. Bloomberg noted that Bezos would still “hold a wide lead” over Elon had it not been for his divorce from ex-wife MacKenzie Scott , which was finalized in 2019, and his philanthropy.On Thursday morning, Elon, 49, responded to a tweet about him becoming the richest person. “How strange,” he tweeted. “Well, back to work…” Back in November, the billionaire surpassed Bill Gates to become.
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