Elon Musk became the richest man on the planet

Tesla founder Elon Musk has become the richest person on the planet by estimated net worth. He removed from the first place the founder of Amazon Jeff Bezos.

The fact that today's 5% rise in Tesla shares raised the estimate of Musk's fortune above $185 billion is reported by several business media. In the real-time ratings of Forbes and Bloomberg , Musk is still second, but according to Bloomberg, Musk is separated from Bezos by only $ 3 billion.

Musk started 2020 at the bottom of the global top 50 with a net worth of $27 billion, according to CNBC. Tesla's capitalization during this time has grown by almost an order of magnitude and on Thursday, January 7, exceeded $ 750 billion.

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On January 2, Tesla announced that it had reached its 2020 delivery target of 500,000 electric vehicles. At the end of December, the company became the largest addition to the S&P 500 by capitalization in its history. Why Tesla's inclusion in the index and its new blue chip status is important for the market and for the company itself, we explained here .