New Delhi: Amidst all the controversies and criticisms, Elon Musk has again become the world’s biggest moneylender. He achieved this status almost a year after leaving behind French billionaire Bernard Arnault. Elon Musk has been under pressure since completing the Twitter deal, but his dominance has been established once again in the latest list of the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
Actually, Tesla’s shares have played a big role in bringing Musk back to the number 1 chair. The value of Tesla Inc’s shares has climbed 90 percent in just two months of 2023, due to which Elon Musk’s assets also increased rapidly. On February 28, 2023, Elon Musk’s total assets have been estimated at $ 187 billion (about Rs 15.14 lakh crore). Only in 2023 i.e. in two months, his wealth has increased by $ 50 billion i.e. about Rs 4 lakh crore, which is a sharp increase of 36 percent.
Arnault slips to second
In the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, the total assets of French billionaire and LVMH founder Bernard Arnault have been estimated at $ 185 billion (about Rs 14.98 lakh crore). Bloomberg figures show that Tesla shares have climbed 10 percent in Wall Street’s Nasdaq 100 Index itself.
Most loss than most gain
Elon Musk not only set the record for the highest loss but has also become the fastest wealth-creating billionaire. In the year 2022, where there was a decline of about $ 200 billion in his total assets. At the beginning of 2023, Musk’s total assets were estimated at $ 137 billion. But, in just two months, he earned $50 billion and has become the fastest-growing billionaire.
Musk is the owner of 3 veteran companies
Elon Musk (51 years) is currently the owner of 3 big companies, out of which both companies are growing very fast except Twitter. Tesla is the most profitable company making electric cars and solar batteries. At the same time, rocket maker SpaceX is also working closely with NASA. Apart from this, Musk also bought the social networking company Twitter in October 2022 for $ 44 billion.