Elon Musk is on track to become the richest person in the world after a surge in Tesla shares increased his net worth to a whopping $184.5billion. The boost means Musk now trails Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos by just $3billion in terms of net worth, according to Bloomberg's Billionaires Index. Bezos has held the title of world's wealthiest person since 2017, and is currently worth $187billion. It comes after Musk overtook Bill Gates as the second-richest person in November, a significant jump for the entrepreneur who started off 2020 ranked 35. Elon Musk is on track to surpass Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos's as the richest person in the world, after a surge in Tesla shares increased his net worth to a whopping $184.5billion.

Source: Daily Mail January 06, 2021 22:11 UTC