Billionaire Elon Musk, the founder of SpaceX and Tesla, became the richest person in the world for the first time according to Forbes.. Prior to this, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos led the ranking for four years..

Forbes reports that Musk is worth $219 billion, $48 billion more than Bezos.. Tesla and SpaceX founder's net worth increased by $68 billion last year. Amazon founder is now in second place.

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In addition, it became known that Musk will join the board of directors of Twitter.. This was stated by the CEO of the company Parag Agrawal.

“I am pleased to announce that we are appointing Elon Musk to our Board of Directors! It was clear from conversations with Elon in recent weeks that he would be of great benefit to our board,” Agrawal wrote..

I'm excited to share that we're nominating @elonmusk to our board! Through conversations with Elon in recent weeks, it became clear to us that he would bring great value to our Board.

— Parag Agrawal (@paraga) April 5, 2022.

Musk recently acquired a 9.2% stake in Twitter.

The message, which was published on the website of the US Securities and Exchange Commission said that Musk's term as one of the members of the directors expires in 2024 with the possibility of continuation..

Recall that Musk has supported Ukraine since the beginning of Russia's large-scale invasion of our country.. So, he posted a message in support of Ukraine on Twitter, and also supplies Starlink equipment, thanks to which institutions and the military in many cities of our country can get uninterrupted access to the Internet..