Maja Hitij/Getty ImagesAs his fortune continues to grow at an unprecedented rate, Elon Musk has now become the world’s richest person, officially overtaking Amazon AMZN CEO Jeff Bezos. Despite a report from Bloomberg earlier this week claiming that Musk became the world’s richest person on Wednesday, by Forbes’ calculations, the Tesla chief didn’t officially take the number one spot until Friday morning. He’s now nearly $5 billion ahead of the former world’s number one, Jeff Bezos, who has a net worth of $185 billion as of 11:30 a.m EST. A month later, Musk leapfrogged over French luxury tycoon Bernard Arnault (worth $154.8 billion today) to become the world’s second-richest person. Tesla’s billionaire CEO has added $165 billion to his fortune since March 2020, when he was worth $24.6 billion.

Source: Forbes January 08, 2021 16:30 UTC