Elon Musk is now the wealthiest man in the world, according to Bloomberg estimates, surpassing the combined wealth of Gautam Adani and Mukesh Ambani

Elon Musk is now the wealthiest man in the world, according to Bloomberg estimates, surpassing the combined wealth of Gautam Adani and Mukesh Ambani

Elon Musk is now the wealthiest man in the world, according to Bloomberg estimates, surpassing the combined wealth of Gautam Adani and Mukesh Ambani

With a net worth of $232 billion on January 30, 2024, Elon Musk surpassed Gautam Adani and Mukesh Ambani to become the wealthiest person. Mukesh Ambani, the wealthiest person in India, now has $101.8 billion in fortune, while Gautam Adani momentarily surpassed him.

Elon Musk, the CEO of X (previously Twitter), became the wealthiest person on January 30, 2024, based on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. Not surprisingly, it was noted that Elon Musk's net worth is comparable to the combined net worth of Indian billionaires Mukesh Ambani as well as Gautam Adani.

For comparison, Mukesh Ambani of Reliance Industries, who as of January 30 stood 11th on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, had a net worth of $108 billion.

In addition, the total fortune of Adani Group's Gautam Adani, who comes in at number 14 on the billionaires ranking, is $95.9 billion.

Tesla, Inc.'s CEO, product architect, and angel investor Elon Musk is the founder, chairman, CEO, and CTO of SpaceX. Formerly the founder of The Boring Company, the chairman, owner, as well as CTO of X Corp

Elon Musk was named the world's richest person based mostly on his ownership share in Tesla and SpaceX, boasting an estimated net worth of US$232 billion as of December 2023 as reported by the Bloomberg Billionaires Index as well as US$254 billion according to Forbes.

Specifically, on January 28, Forbes revealed that Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton (LVMH) Chairman and CEO Bernard Arnault had displaced Elon Musk as the world's wealthiest person.

Elon Musk is in second place alongside $204.7 billion, and French billionaire Bernard Arnault as well as the rest of his family have a net worth of $207.6 billion, according to Forbes.

The wealthiest man in Asia and India, Mukesh Ambani, saw his fortune increase by $2.8 billion to $101.8 billion as the stock of his main business, Reliance Industries Ltd., closed at a new high, up 2.6%. For the first time since June 2022, Mukesh Ambani rejoined the $100 billion club on January 12, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.

In 2024, the 66-year-old Reliance Industries chairman as well as controlling director regained his status as a centibillionaire.

Early in January, Gautam Adani momentarily passed Mukesh Ambani as the wealthiest man in India. Gautam Adani is ranked 12th on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, while Mukesh Ambani has dropped to 14th place.

With a stunning 30% rise in two sessions, Adani moved up three spots on the Bloomberg list and rose to the 16th wealthiest man in the world in December of last year, with a net worth of over $4.41 billion.

On Tuesday, January 30, Elon Musk announced that the first human patient had recovered after receiving an implant from brain-chip business Neuralink.