Forbes magazine published a ranking of the richest people in the world. As it turns out, its top position no longer belongs to Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos.
At the moment, the championship has been given to the American inventor and businessman, head of Tesla, Elon Musk.
The wealth of the American inventor increased by 1.89%, reports.
Now Elon Musk’s wealth is estimated by financiers at 203.4 billion US dollars, which gives him the right to be considered the richest person on the planet.
Note that the rating was formed according to Forbes Real-Time, which monitors the wealth of billionaires in real time.
Jeff Bezos, who previously led the championship, fell into second place, losing the leadership to his fellow billionaire.
The Amazon founder’s net worth is estimated at $197.7 billion.
The third position belongs to Bernard Arnault – the founder of Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy.
Its financial well-being is represented by the amount of 175.7 billion US dollars.
Note that entrepreneur Elon Musk is leading in the race of billionaires according to Bloomberg.
Analysts report that they influenced the position of Tesla shares, which at the end of trading on September 27 grew by almost 2%.
One share can now cost up to $790.
