Frenchman Bernard Arnault, CEO of the luxury group LVMH, and his family took the top of the Forbes ranking of the world's largest fortunes on Wednesday with 185.1 billion dollars, dethroning Elon Musk, boss of Tesla, SpaceX and Twitter.
This development occurred following a decline in the fortunes of Elon Musk, due in particular to a sharp decline in Tesla action on Wednesday on the New York Stock Exchange.
Bernard Arnault had already occupied this place for a few hours in May 2021.
In reality, the two men keep alternating their places in the rankings.
Around 5:30 p.m. GMT, Elon Musk (with a fortune of 184.9 billion dollars) passed Bernard Arnault (184.7 billion).
The Indian businessman Gautam Adani (134.8 billion), at the head of a conglomerate, was in 3rd place, while Jeff Bezos (111.3 billion), founder of Amazon, was in 4th place square.
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Bloomberg, which produces its own ranking, leaves Elon Musk as the richest man in the world, with 178.9 billion dollars.
According to their data, he thus remains ahead of Bernard Arnault, with an estimated fortune of $165.1 billion.
