Tesla CEO Elon Musk passed Jeff Bezos on Bloomberg's billionaires' list to become the world's richest person on Thursday, a title the Amazon founder has held since October 2017. Tesla shares gained another six per cent on Thursday and are changing hands at just shy of $800 US apiece. That was enough to leapfrog Bezos into the top spot, as Musk is worth $188.5 billion US, according to Bloomberg, as of midday Thursday. That increase has seen Musk's net worth rise by $150 billion US in barely a year. Bezos, meanwhile, has also seen his net worth roughly double during the pandemic.

Source: CBC News January 07, 2021 16:59 UTC