Musk’s net worth is more than that of Gates and Buffett combined

The wealth of American Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and owner of SpaceX, is equal to the combined assets of Bill Gates and Warren Buffett. The latter two were at the top of the list of the richest people in the world.

According to the ranking published on Friday, the so-called Bloomberg Billionaires Index, musk, who is the CEO of electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla and owner of the aerospace company SpaceX, The record of the richest man opens with $236 billion. Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates ranked fourth ($130 billion), and Warren Buffett, a stock market investor who runs Berkshire Hathaway, completed the top ten ($103 billion).

Musk is loaned, among others, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos (197 billion), the second on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, and the third (only the French in the top ten) Bernard Arnault – 164 billion.

As noted by CNBC, Musk added more than $60 billion to his fortune this year thanks to The good performance of Tesla shares as well as the recent sale of SpaceX shareswhich valued the company at $100 billion. The SpaceX deal added $11 billion to Musk’s net worth.

“It is clear that Gates and Buffett would have been much closer to Musk in the fortunes of fortune had it not been for their philanthropy. Both have donated tens of billions of dollars to charity in recent years, while Musk has been criticized for not forgiving more than his vast fortune– CNBC confirms.

As the station adds, Musk previously said he prefers to remain anonymous when donating money. Earlier this year, he asked Twitter users to “criticize” the ways he could provide funding.

CNBC notes that this year Musk pledged to cut his portfolio by $150 million — including… Donate $100 million to prizes in a competition to develop breakthrough technology that turns CO2 emissions into consumer products. According to the technology news service “Recode”, this amount is greater than all charitable donations made by the millionaire so far.

Elon Musk trolling Jeff Bezos. Space race in the background

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