Elon Musk, the outspoken entrepreneur behind Tesla Inc. and SpaceX, is now the richest person in the world
His net worth is now $188.5 billion, surpassing that of Jeff Bezos.In the past year, Musk’s fortune has risen by $160 billion.
The South Africa-born engineer’s net worth was $188.5 billion at 10:15 a.m. in New York, $1.5 billion more than Bezos, who has held the top spot since October 2017.
As chief executive officer of Space Exploration Technologies Corp., or SpaceX, Musk is also a rival to Bezos, owner of Blue Origin LLC, in the private space race.
