According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, Elon Musk’s net worth has gained over $100 billion since the beginning of the year.
The CEO of Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) Elon Musk has surpassed Bill Gates to become the world’s second-richest person. According to a Bloomberg report, Musk’s net worth reached a new milestone on the 23rd of November, jumping by $7.24 billion to $128 billion.
As Tesla stock has continuously increased since the beginning of the year, the net worth of the company’s CEO has also been rising. As noted in the Bloomberg report, the increase in Musk’s net worth can be tied to the steady surge in Tesla stock. Tesla has been recording gains over the past year. Approaching a $500 billion market value, the Electric Vehicle (EV) company is currently up 4.18% to $544.41 at premarket trading. This shows an increase over its previous close of $521.85.
Tesla Elon Musk Becomes The World’s Second-Richest Person
According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, Elon Musk’s net worth has gained over $100 billion since the beginning of the year. Back in January, Bloomberg ranked Musk the 35th richest person in the world. Notably, Tesla shares make up about three-quarters of Musk’s net worth.
TSLA has gained 675.78% in the last twelve months and 523.73% in its year-to-date record. Over the past three months, the company surged 29.54%. In addition to recent gains, the EV company added over 24% over the past month. Also, Tesla stock has jumped 27.88% over the past five days.
Since the debut of the Bloomberg Billionaires Index daily ranking in 2012, this is the second time Bill Gates has been ranked lower than the world’s second-richest. Gates, the co-founder of Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT), was ranked number one on the billionaire index for years before Jeff Bezos surpassed him in 2017.
Bloomberg Billionaires Index noted that Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ: AMZN) CEO Jeff Bezos is the world’s richest person with a total net worth of $182 billion. Since the beginning of 2020, Bezos has added $67 billion to his net worth.
The Gates Foundation
The Bloomberg report further said that Gates’ net worth would have been higher if he has not been donating to several charities over the years. In 2000, Bill Gates and his wife Melinda Gates founded the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Since then, the billionaires and philanthropists have donated billions of dollars to charities.
Bill Gates private foundation has been committing funds in support of the creation and distribution of an effective coronavirus vaccine. Similarly, several individuals, organizations, and the government have been making significant efforts to fight the global health crisis.
Coinspeaker earlier reported that the Gates Foundation committed an additional $70 million for the COVID-19 vaccine. As of the 13th of November, the private foundation has pledged a total of $156 million to counter the unprecedented pandemic.
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