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Business Insider reports that Elon Musk is $8 billion away from surpassing Bill Gates as the world's second-richest person. This week Musk's wealth has continued to climb. Musks networth hit $114 billion after Tesla was added to the S&P 500 index, edging out Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. It's gained another $10.2 billion after Tesla shares spiked 10% on Wednesday, according to Bloomberg.
Billionaire investor Chamath Palihapitiya told CNBC Tesla's stock could be worth three times more than its current valuation. According to Business Insider that would make CEO Elon Musk the first trillionaire in history. Palihapitiya's comments come as Tesla shares shot up 6.9%. Elon Musk surpassed Jeff Bezos as the richest person on the planet on Thursday. Palihapitiya said Tesla is a "distributed energy business." He's believed for a while that the world's first trillionaire will be a person who is fighting climate change. Palihapitiya said "Don't sell a share" of Tesla, he told investors.
Business Insider reports that Elon Musk is now the richest man in the world. His net worth has skyrocketed to $187 billion. He is the CEO of two companies, Tesla and SpaceX, and the founder of three more. He's also been married three times and has triplets and twins. He recently had another baby with his girlfriend, the musician Grimes.
Argentina's President Javier Milei visits the Tesla factory in Austin, United States, with Tesla CEO Elon Musk. IMAGES
Images of the billionaire owner of X and Tesla, Elon Musk, arriving to take part in Italian Prime minister Giorgia Meloni's Brothers of Italy party political rally in Rome, Italy, holding his son in his arms. British Prime minister Rishi Sunak and Albanian Prime minister Edi Rama are also set to attend the event, organised to discuss the fight against illegal immigration, a subject at the heart of the recent rapprochement between London and Rome, Downing Street announced before the weekend. IMAGES
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gives Elon Musk, owner of X, formerly known as Twitter, a tour of kibbutz Kfar Aza that was targeted in the October 7 Hamas attacks on Israel. In September, Netanyahu urged Musk to combat anti-Semitism on X, calling on him to find "the ability to stop not only anti-Semitism, or rolling it back as best you can, but any collective hatred". IMAGES
Billionaire Elon Musk attends the opening of the world's first major summit on the security of artificial intelligence (AI) at Bletchley Park in the UK. Political and tech leaders are due to meet to discuss possible responses to the society-changing technology. IMAGES