Elon Musk has reclaimed his title of the world’s richest person after Tesla’s stock prices surged. He was briefly dethroned in December 2022 but after a period of 2 months, he has reclaimed the number one spot.
A report from Bloomberg shows that in December 2022, after Tesla shares saw a decline, CEO of Louis Vuitton Bernard Arnault became the world’s richest person. Musk’s net worth now stands at USD 187 billion. At the beginning of the year, his net worth was USD 137 billion. He became the world’s richest person since September 2021. Amazon founder Jeff Bezos held the top spot before that.
Elon Musk is the CEO of Tesla that sells electric vehicles and home solar batteries. He is also the CEO of SpaceX, and also has a stake in social networking company Twitter.