Elon Musk becomes fourth on Bloomberg's list of billionaires

The founder of Tesla and SpaceX, Elon Musk, has risen to fourth place in the ranking of the richest people in the world according to Bloomberg : due to the ongoing growth of Tesla shares, his fortune has reached $84.8 billion.

On Monday, the company's shares jumped 11%, crossing the threshold of $1,800 per common share. At the same time, Musk's capital increased by almost $7.8 billion. He managed to bypass the CEO of the Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy group of companies Bernard Arnault, who dropped to fifth place ($84.6 billion).

The growth is associated with an upward revision to $ 1,900 of the target for Tesla shares by a leading analyst, writes Forbes. In addition, investors are waiting for breakthrough news from the company's Battery Day event on September 22 - it is possible that we are talking about creating a car battery with a dramatically increased service life.

Tesla shares have risen 339% over the year, and Musk's fortune has increased by $57.2 billion this year. This is the second largest increase in the index after Amazon founder Jeff Bezos: he still remains in the first line of the ranking ($188 billion). Next comes Microsoft CEO Bill Gates ($121 billion), and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg closes the top three ($99 billion).