Net worth of world’s richest person Elon Musk nears $300 billion

New Delhi: The net worth of the world’s richest person Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, has witnessed a sharp surge in the past few weeks.

As per Forbes, his net worth has reached $283.8 billion. It is $84 billion more than the net worth of Amazon’s Jeff Bezos.

It is expected that Musk’s net worth may soon hit $300 billion as the shares of his company are witnessing a sharp surge.

India’s richest person Mukesh Ambani

Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) chairman Mukesh Ambani who is the richest person in India has lost a spot in the list of top ten billionaires in the world.

The net worth of Ambani who has entered in $100-billion club has also fallen down to $97.3 billion. Currently, he is the 11th richest person in the world.

Following is the list of the top 10 richest persons in the world

NameNet worthCountry
Elon Musk$283.8 billionUnited States
Jeff Bezos$199.7 billionUnited States
Bernard Arnault$187.9 billionFrance
Bill Gates$136.3 billionUnited States
Larry Ellison$129.7 billionUnited States
Larry Page$124.5 billionUnited States
Sergey Brin$119.9 billionUnited States
Mark Zuckerberg$113.5 billionUnited States
Warren Buffett$105.2 billionUnited States
Steve Ballmer$102.7 billionUnited States

Meanwhile, the second richest person in India Gautam Adani of Adani Group is back on the list of the top 15 billionaires in the world.