Elon Musk overtakes Amazon's Bezos to become world's richest person

Global Economy

Reuters
07 January, 2021, 09:45 pm
Last modified: 07 January, 2021, 09:46 pm
Including Thursday's gains in Tesla shares, Musk had a net worth of more than $188.5 billion, $1.5 billion more than Bezos

 Tesla Inc chief and billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk surpassed Amazon.com Inc's top boss Jeff Bezos to become the world's richest man, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday.

Including Thursday's gains in Tesla shares, Musk had a net worth of more than $188.5 billion, $1.5 billion more than Bezos, according to the report.

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