Amazon owner once again leads the Bloomberg Billionaires Index ranking with an estimated net worth of US$200 billion
Jeff Bezos surpassed Elon Musk as the richest person in the world this Tuesday (5th March 2024), according to the ranking from the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. The owner of Amazon now has a net worth of $200 billion, while the owner of SpaceX, Tesla and X is in 2nd place with US$ 198 billion.
Over the past 12 months, according to the index, Musk saw a loss of about $31 billion, while Bezos recorded a gain of $23 billion. O ranking is a daily list of the richest people in the world, updated at the end of each trading day in New York.
In January 2023, Musk was once again considered the richest person in the world, surpassing French billionaire Bernard Arnault, president of the luxury goods group LVMH (owner of the brands Sephora, Hennessy, Dior and Louis Vuitton), according to the ranking in real time from Forbes. But he was ousted again by the Frenchman and returned to 2nd place on the list.
Musk, Arnault and Bezos have been competing with each other for the top of the richest rankings for months. Currently, both on the list of Forbes as in Bloombergthe tycoons appear in the top 3 places.
In the update this Tuesday (5th March), the Frenchman reached assets of US$ 197 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
Source: https://www.poder360.com.br/economia/jeff-bezos-desbanca-musk-e-se-torna-a-pessoa-mais-rica-do-mundo/