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In the news: Leapfrog at the top of Bloomberg's billionaire ranking.
- Barely days after
Jeff Bezos climbed the top step by overtakingTesla andSpaceX bossElon Musk , theAmazon founder himself is being overtaken again. Bernard Arnault 's fortune is estimated at$197 billion , compared with 196 billion for Bezos and 189 billion for Musk. The Frenchman was previously the world's richest man.
More context: So it's a neck-and-neck race just below the magic
- Whether they are awake to it remains to be seen. Their assets fluctuate purely on paper, as long as the super billionaires don't actually make sales.
- But that they are at it proved Musk's yen toward Bezos in 2021.
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Bezos recently wanted butter and cashed in
$8.5 billion worth ofAmazon shares. - There was speculation in recent days about Musk's financial support for presidential candidate Trump. But on "his" X, he stressed that he will not donate to either Trump or Biden.
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