Elon Musk is on a roll. While the world is barely trying to keep up with the pandemic, while also losing a ton of money, Elon Musk is climbing up the money ladder every week. And today, it has surpassed Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg as the third richest man in the world.?
This is according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index where it revealed that his net worth (at the time of writing this article) crossed $115 billion. Just to put things into perspective, Mark Zuckerberg¡¯s net worth currently maxes out at $110.8 billion. Musk is behind Bill Gates, who has still claimed the spot of the second richest man in the world with a net worth of $126 billion, followed by Amazon¡¯s Jeff Bezos, with a net worth of $205 billion.
The main reason for this bump up is the 12 percent increase in Tesla¡¯s stock on Monday that helped Musk get the bump up on the Billionaire¡¯s Index.?
It¡¯s not surprising that he has claimed the third spot among the richest people in the world, but it¡¯s actually the time it took him to get here. Not less than 15 days ago, he claimed the spot of the fourth richest man in the world, surpassing Bernard Arnault after his net worth to $84.8 billion -- nearly 8 billion in just a day.
Last week we saw Musk join the centibillionaires club, when his net worth crossed $100 billion, nearly half of what Bezos is valued at.?
Tesla¡¯s stock prices have skyrocketed 400 percent this year. As of June, Musk owned 40.4 million Tesla shares that are valued at an approximate $87 billion of his net worth. Just to put things in perspective of the leap Musk has taken this year, during January 2020, he owned 38.7 million shares that were worth just $16.2 billion.?
Just last week we also saw Musk successfully showcase his ¡®Neuralink¡¯ brain implant on a pig that showed its internal activities, while referring to it as ¡®Fitbit in your skull with tiny wires¡¯.