ELON MASK BECAME THE RICHEST MAN ON THE PLANET

ELON MASK BECAME THE RICHEST MAN ON THE PLANET

ELON MASK BECAME THE RICHEST MAN ON THE PLANET
Billionaire, inventor and entrepreneur Elon Musk ranked the first in the Forbes list of richest people.  His fortune exceeded $ 203.4 billion.

Previously, the richest man in the world was a founder of Amazon Jeff Bezos - now he comes the second with a $ 197 billion fortune.  The third place remained unchanged, it belongs to Bernard Arnault, known as the owner of the French corporation Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy ($ 174.9 billion).
Elon Musk became the third person in the world, whose fortune exceeded the $ 200 billion mark.
The fourth place in the ranking is taken by the founder of Microsoft Bill Gates ($ 131 billion), and the head of Facebook Mark Zuckenberg ($ 126 billion) is on the fifth line.

It is worth noting that Bloomberg also made calculations and identified Elon Musk in first place.  However, according to their information, the billionaire owns an even greater fortune - $ 213 billion.

Elon Musk founded Tesla in 2003.  Initially, the company specialized exclusively on the production of electric vehicles, but later it became involved in the production of the solar batteries, as well as the other electronic storage systems.  Musk's significant capital growth is attributed to the success of Tesla and Space X.

29.09.2021