Daily Star's biggest headlines straight to your inbox!Jeff Bezos has soared past his space rival Elon Musk and is now worth a record $211 billion (£153bn).
The Amazon chairman, 57, set the all-time high for personal net worth after gaining a whopping $8.4 billion in a day.He vaulted past the SpaceX founder's previous record of $210 billion after Amazon stock soared by 4.7% on Tuesday.Bloomberg Billionaires Index gave him the top spot after the Pentagon's announcement that it is canceling the $10 billion JEDI contract with Microsoft.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who briefly the record in January, is now a distant second at $181 billion after a 10% drop in Tesla's stock so far this year, Mail Online reports.
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