Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has overtaken Tesla founder Elon Musk to become the world’s richest person.
Asia’s richest man, Mukesh Ambani, who is in the news today for his son’s lavish wedding celebrations, is the eleventh richest person in the world with a fortune of $115 billion.
According to the report of Bloomberg Billionaires Index, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has become the richest person in the world, with a total wealth of 200 billion dollars, following an increase of 23 billion dollars this year, while SpaceX and Social Elon Musk, the head of media platform X, has been declared the second richest person in the world with a wealth of $198 billion following a loss of $31 billion in 2024.
The Bloomberg Billionaires Index found that Louis Vuitton CEO Bernard Arnault is third on the list with a fortune of $197 billion, while Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is the fourth richest person with a fortune of $179 billion. ,
Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft, has a wealth of 150 billion dollars, so he is at the fifth place in this list.
Amazon’s share price is said to have risen more than 18 percent this year, while Tesla’s is down 24 percent, despite Amazon selling $8.5 billion in shares earlier this month to Bezos’ 9.56. is the largest shareholder in the e-commerce company with a percent stake, while Elon Musk owns regarding 20 percent of Tesla’s equity stake.
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2024-04-23 03:18:41