Elon Musk has overtaken Bill Gates as the second richest person in the world

The 49-year-old Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s fortune continues to elevate. He is now the second-richest person in the world, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index (as of November 28, 2020). However, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos remains number one in the rankings. This is coming a few weeks after Elon overtook Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg to become the 3rd-richest.

South African-born billionaire entrepreneur, Elon Musk, added an additional $114.4 billion to his net worth in 2020. Tesla’s eccentric founder and CEO has pushed his net worth from $7.2 billion to a whopping $142 billion.

Elon Musk’s net worth on January 1, 2020: $27.6 billion
Elon Musk’s net worth on November 28, 2020: $142 billion

Top 20 richest people in the world

1. Jeff Bezos: $187 billion
2. Elon R Musk: $142 billion
3. Bill Gates: $129 billion
4. Bernard Arnault: $106 billion
5. Mark Zuckerberg: $105 billion
6. Warren Buffett: $87.5 billion
7. Larry Page: $83.7 billion
8. Sergey Brin: $81.1 billion
9. Steve Ballmer: $77.8 billion
10. Francoise Bettencourt Meyers: $73.8 billion
11. Mukesh Ambani: $73.6 billion
12. Larry Ellison: $71.7 billion
13. Amancio Ortega: $70.7 billion
14. Rob Walton: $65.1 billion
15. Alice Walton: $64.9 billion
16. Jim Walton: $64.9 billion
17. Zhong Shanshan: $62.0 billion
18. MacKenzie Scott: $61.5 billion
19. Pony Ma: $58.1 billion
20. Charles Koch: $56.1 billion