Elon Musk replaces Bezos as the world's richest man, calling money to help Earth species migrate to Mars

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Written by: Zhang Zijie

2021-01-08 00:14

Last update date: 2021-01-08 04:18

American media reported on January 7 that Tesla founder Elon Musk has a net worth of more than US$185 billion, replacing Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and becoming the world's richest man.

Musk, who became the richest man, tweeted yesterday

Tesla shares rose more than 5% in the early part of the 7th, approaching a historical high of US$800. Bloomberg said that Musk’s net worth rose to US$188.5 billion, overwhelming Bezos by a difference of US$1.5 billion, replacing the other party since 2017. The position of the world's richest man since 1999.

Tesla's stock price surged in 2020, making Musk's net worth instantly rise.

(Reuters)

After becoming the richest man, Musk explained on Twitter that the reason for loving money is not what people imagine. In fact, he has very little time for leisure, and there is no such thing as a holiday house or villa.

Half of my money will be used to help solve problems on the earth, and the other half will be used to help build a self-sufficient city on Mars to ensure the continuation of life for all species, in case the earth is hit by a meteor or a third time Don’t become extinct like dinosaurs when we destroy ourselves in the World War.

Elon Musk

About half my money is intended to help problems on Earth & half to help establish a self-sustaining city on Mars to ensure continuation of life (of all species) in case Earth gets hit by a meteor like the dinosaurs or WW3 happens & we destroy ourselves

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 12, 2018

The 49-year-old Musk’s net worth has skyrocketed in 2020, from 27 billion US dollars at the beginning of the year, ranking only within 50. However, the company’s profit performance continues to improve, coupled with being included in the S&P 500 Index. And he was favored by Wall Street investors. The stock price soared by 743% last year, making him the person with the fastest wealth growth in history.

In addition to Musk's development of electric vehicles in Tesla, his SpaceX is also actively expanding the space market, and expressed his hope to use his wealth to benefit mankind and lead mankind into the era of space travel.

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