Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk took second place in the ranking of the richest people on the planet, ahead of Microsoft founder Bill Gates and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
This is evidenced by the Bloomberg Rich Index.
Elon Musk's fortune is currently estimated at $ 127.9 billion. This year alone, he increased his capital by $ 100.3 billion, which is the largest figure among the 500 richest people in the world..
First place in the ranking of billionaires is the founder and head of Amazon. com Inc. (SPB: AMZN) Jeff Bezos. His fortune this year has grown by more than $ 67 billion, to $ 182 billion.