The real-time billionaire Bloomberg tracker now has the two multi-billionaires at about $ 3 billion each other, Bezos at $ 184 billion and Musk at $ 181 billion. Bill Gates is now a distant third, at $ 132 billion, according to Bloomberg.
Another gain in adze (TSLA) the shares raised Musk’s net worth by $ 4.1 billion to $ 165.4 billion, according to Forbes calculations. But Forbes does not appear to be giving Musk credit for the value of the options it received in 2020 to buy 33.6 million additional Tesla shares.
Musk is also the major shareholder in SpaceX, another company of which he is CEO, although SpaceX is privately owned, so its value does not fluctuate as much as Tesla’s value.
Bezos’ stake in Amazon shares rose $ 75 billion in 2020 to $ 173.3 billion, given the huge increase in sales caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.
But that was nothing compared to Musk’s holdings in Tesla. The 170 million shares of Tesla it already owns have grown by $ 106 billion in 2020, as shares grew by 743% during the year.
The value of its stock options at the beginning of the year increased by $ 14.2 billion, while the new options it received during the year as part of its payment package amounted to $ 21.5 billion. billion dollars at the end of the year.
Musk caught Gates for the title of second-richest person in the world at the end of November, but Tesla shares have risen 45 percent since then, raising Musk’s net worth by $ 53 billion in recent years. two months.
Tesla shares started well in 2021, rising $ 50.31 per share, or 7%, since the beginning of this year. This raised Musk’s Tesla stakes and options by another $ 11 billion this year. Meanwhile, Amazon shares have lost almost 4% of their value.
Musk is set to qualify for options to buy another 16.9 million Tesla shares earlier this year, according to company documents. These options would have a value of $ 11.6 billion at the current value of the shares, after taking into account the exercise price.
Bezos has no options on Amazon, only the 53.2 million shares he has as the company’s founder. He would have had more if he had not given 19.7 million shares to his ex-wife, MacKenzie Scott, in divorce. Bezos sold or ceded shares as part of his charitable donations. Musk never gave up Tesla shares.
Musk is close to catching not only Bezos. ExxonMobil, the most valuable oil company in the United States, has a market value of $ 188.6 billion. So Musk, who is the world’s leading advocate of changing drivers from gas and diesel to electric vehicles, is close to being valued as one of America’s largest oil companies.
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