11:34 - 8.01.2021

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January 8, Fineko/abc.az. The list of the richest people in the world has been updated.

ABC.AZ reports that the head of Tesla and SpaceX, Elon Musk, is now considered the richest man on the planet.

So, the rise in price of Tesla shares by 4.8% led to the fact that Musk bypassed Amazon.com owner Jeff Bezos in the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.

Currently, Musk's fortune has grown up to $188.5 billion and exceeds Bezos' fortune by $1.5 billion.

By Elmir Murad