The richest people in the world … Elon Musk ranks second, ahead of Bill Gates

American billionaire Elon Musk, founder and owner of electric car maker “Tesla”, has placed Bill Gates, founder of the “Microsoft” software empire, in the list of the richest in the world, to occupy the second place of the list with a fortune of $ 127.9 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, according to German news agency Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa.
Thanks to a 6.5% rise in Tesla’s stock price yesterday (Monday), Musk’s fortune rose $ 7.2 billion in one day to $ 127.9 billion. Since the start of the year, the fortune of Musk, 49, has increased by $ 100.3 billion.
It is worth noting that the Bloomberg Billionaires Index monitors the movement of the world’s rich on a daily basis and each person’s wealth is determined based on the market value of their portfolio of stocks and investments.
Topping the list is Jeff Bezos, founder and president of e-commerce company “Amazon”, with an estimated wealth of $ 182 billion.
Bill Gates is currently third on the list, with a fortune of $ 127.7 billion. Bill Gates’ fortune would have been greater if he had not donated much of it to charity.