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Elon Musk overtakes Jeff Bezos on the rich list, and he’s rubbing it in
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29 Sep 2021, 14:19
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The two billionaires have been battling it out for years over who has the highest net worth.
The South African tech entrepreneur has overtaken Amazon founder Jeff Bezos for the title of richest man in the world. The two have bounced the title back and forth over the last couple years, with Musk briefly overtaking Bezos earlier this year in January.
The volatile nature of Musk’s business endeavours mean his net worth is constantly on the move, making it hard to stay at the top of the ladder for long, but Musk seems confident in this latest update.
When asked for comment by Forbes, Musk responded with a brief email that simply read, "I'm sending a giant statue of the digit '2' to Jeffrey B., along with a silver medal."
While Musk has always appeared more competitive about his wealth than ‘Jeffrey B.’, we can’t imagine Bezos appreciating the jibe. Bezos’ net worth has more than doubled since 2018, helped along largely by the Covid-19 pandemic, which saw US billionaires as a whole get 62% richer to the tune of 1.8 trillion dollars, and Musk’s personal net worth increase by a whopping 600%.
This comes after recent news that Musk has split with his girlfriend Claire Boucher, known to the world by her musical alias Grimes. The pair share custody of their bizarrely named son X Æ A-Xii, and Musk told Page Six that they are "semi-separated but still love each other, see each other frequently and are on great terms”.
Musk added that “It’s mostly that my work at SpaceX and Tesla requires me to be primarily in Texas or traveling overseas and her work is primarily in LA. She’s staying with me now and Baby X is in the adjacent room.”
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