Again , Elon Musk Becomes the Richest Man In the World

Just days after Jeff Bezos was named as the richest man in the world , another businessman has overtaken him to reclaim the position. Elon Musk became the richest man in the world on Friday. The Tesla chief ’ s wealth surged to $ 200 billion after the rocket company , SpaceX he founded completed another funding round , pushing him atop the Bloomberg Billionaires Index for the second time in 2021. He moved past, Amazon ’ s founder Jeff Bezos , who is now worth $ 194 billion and had some days ago earlier reclaimed the title as the world ’ s richest person this week after Tesla shares plunged. Recent reports suggest SpaceX raised another $ 850 million this month from a group of leading institutional investors led by Sequoia Capital . search/karikasa] See : Watch: Karikasa 2 – 2021 Latest Yoruba Blockbuster Such investment now puts SpaceX ’ s valuation at $ 74 billion , a 60 % jump from August , and helped boost Musk ’ s net worth by about $ 11 billion , according to the index. November 15 , 2016 , filing with the Federal Communications Commission revealed the tech billionaire owned 54 % of SpaceX . Although Bloomberg ’ s analysis assumes he hasn’ t sold his shares in subsequent rounds and that his stake has been diluted to about 47 % in proportion to the amount raised . The value is reduced by 15 % to account for typical discounts that shares in unicorns attract on the secondary market , according to two brokers .