Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk became the world’s richest person Thursday, surpassing Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos with a net worth of more than $185 billion.
Jan.7 (UPI) — Elon Musk became the world’s richest person Thursday with a net worth of more than $185 billion. Tesla stock increased by 7.94% on Thursday pushing Musk’s net worth above Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, who had been the world’s richest person since 2017 with a current net worth of about $184 billion.