Elon Musk Overtakes Bill Gates As 2nd Richest And Twitter Reacts With Memes

Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk has added $100.3 billion to his net worth this year, surpassing  Bill Gates to become the world’s second-richest person. The 49-year-old Tesla Inc. co-founder has the electric vehicle and clean energy company to thank for the staggering increase in his wealth. About three-quarters of his net worth is comprised of Tesla shares, which are valued more than four times as much as his stake in Space Exploration Technologies Corp., or SpaceX.

As Tesla’s market value approached $500 billion, Elon Musk had a one-word reaction that was ‘liked’ over 16,000 times on the microblogging platform Twitter.

“Wow,” he wrote in response to a tweet about a surge in Tesla’s share price.

For the first time in the history, Tesla $TSLA has closed at above $500!!

Congrats @elonmusk, @tesla team & all long term investors!!

YES!! WE DID IT ??? pic.twitter.com/pQRQQSkksJ

— Vincent ?? (@vincent13031925) November 23, 2020

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